Last week, Open AI presented a refreshed version of GPT Chat, which includes a speech synthesizer called “Sky”. Many people associate it with the voice of Scarlett Johansson, who years ago in the film “Her” gave the voice to Samantha – the humanoid operating system with which the main character of Spike Jonze’s film fell in love.
The head of OpenAI made a proposal to Scarlett Johansson. She refused, but the company released a speech synthesizer that was confusingly similar to her voice
The American actress on Monday accused the corporation of creating a voice for the ChatGPT system that sounded “eerily similar” to hers. Johansson also mentioned that in September last year, the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, proposed to her the sound design of the ChatGPT 4.0 system. He allegedly stated that Johansson’s voice would be comforting to people. However, the actress rejected it for “personal reasons”.
Two days before the release of the ChatGPT 4.0 demo, Mr. Altman contacted my agent asking me to reconsider the offer. Before we could connect, the system was already available, she commented.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement sent to Reuters on Monday that Sky’s voice was not an imitation of Johansson but belongs to another professional actress. The company also admitted that “there was a lack of good enough communication” and apologized for any misunderstandings.
The actress reacted and is waiting for the matter to be resolved. And OpenAI is suspending the use of this voice
Scarlett Johansson hired a lawyer who sent Altman two lawsuits in the case, which asked him to detail the process by which the voice of ‘Sky’ was created. “As a result, OpenAI reluctantly agreed to remove the ‘Sky’ voice,” the actress’ statement read.
At a time when we are all struggling with fakes and doing everything to protect our copyrights and images, I believe that these are issues that must be transparent. I look forward to resolving this matter and adopting appropriate legislation that will help ensure that individual rights are protected.
In turn, the company emphasizes that the voice in question does not belong to Johansson and was not intended to resemble him. – We created Sky before any contact with Ms. Johansson. Out of respect for her, we have stopped using the “Sky” voice in our products. We apologize for not communicating better, the statement said. The latest ChatGPT voice mode, which featured the “Sky” voice, is not yet widely available.
Source: Gazeta
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