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This week, more drama at OpenAI: The company wanted Scarlett Johansson to be a voice of GPT-4o, she said no … but something got lost in translation. Then we talk with Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get Elon Musk’s Neuralink device implanted in his brain, about how his brain-computer interface has changed his life. And finally, the Times’s Karen Weise reports back from Microsoft’s developer conference, where the big buzz was that the company’s new line of A.I. PCs will record every single thing you do on the device.

Guests:

• Noland Arbaugh, the first Neuralink patient

• Karen Weise, technology correspondent for The New York Times

Additional Reading:

• Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI’s Virtual Assistant Sounds Just Like Her

• Leaked OpenAI Documents Reveal Aggressive Tactics Toward Former Employees

• Despite Setback, Neuralink’s First Brain-Implant Patient Stays Upbeat

• Can Artificial Intelligence Make the PC Cool Again?

Credits

“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn. The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Chris Wood and original music by Dan Powell,Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.