Scarlett Johansson said in a letter Monday she was “shocked” and “angered” over a chatbot voice created and later paused by OpenAI that sounded similar to her own, according to multiple outlets, saying the company took down the “Sky” voice after her lawyer contacted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
OpenAI said Monday it was working to pause the ChatGPT voice. (Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBC via ... [+]
The letter, first published by NPR, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wanted to hire Johansson last year to voice the ChatGPT-4o AI model, adding the actress declined the offer after “much consideration and for personal reasons.”
Johansson said she was “shocked, angered and in disbelief” that Altman would give the AI model a voice “so eerily similar” to hers, referencing OpenAI’s recent reveal of ChatGPT-4o, which offers users the ability to directly converse with an AI assistant with selectable voices.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to Forbes’ request for comment.
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