Scarlett Johansson claims OpenAI used a voice similar to hers for ChatGPT, even after she denied their offer to collaborate
nme.comScarlett Johansson has claimed OpenAI has used a similar voice to hers for ChatGPT, after she denied an offer to collaborate with them in the past.Johansson has claimed the company used her voice to create one if its ‘Voice Mode’ options, even after she declined an invitation from the company’s CEO, Sam Altman.In a statement shared on Monday (May 20), Johansson claimed that Altman sought to “hire” her “to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system,” saying that she “could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and AI.”Johansson declined the offer but when a new voice option named “Sky” arrived recently, Johansson claimed her family and friends contacted her commenting on the similarity of the voices.Her statement read: “My friends, family and the general public all noted how much the newest system named ‘Sky’ sounded like me.“When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr.
Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference.
Mr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word ‘her’ – a reference to the film in which I voiced a chat system, Samantha, who forms an intimate relationship with a human.“Two days before the ChatGPT 4.0 demo was released, mr.
Altman contacted my agent, asking me to reconsider. Before we could connect, the system was out there.”Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI situation.
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