Sam Altman denies Johansson was the inspiration even though the movie star says he offered her to be the voice of ChatGPT.

Johansson went on to explain that OpenAI didn’t want to take down the voice.

“Consequently, OpenAl reluctantly agreed to take down the ‘Sky’ voice,” Johansson said. “In a time when we are all grappling with deepfakes and the protection of our own likeness, our own work, our own identities, I believe these are questions that deserve absolute clarity. I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected.”

Strangely, Altman claims Johansson wasn’t the inspiration for its AI voice, something that’s simply hard to believe given all the publicly available facts.

  • Possibly linuxEnglish
    214·
    6 months ago

    I doubt they deliberately impersonated Johansson but because her voice is fairly popular it may of just came out in the wash.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      23·
      6 months ago

      You didn’t read the article.

      • They tried to hire her months ago
      • 2 days before it was released, they tried for her to sign on again
      • He referenced one of her movies in the announcement of the product by saying they got her.

      They knew and wanted her to be the voice.

      Edit:

      “Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system,” Johansson said in the statement, referring to the head of OpenAI. “He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.”

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        “He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.”

        It’s almost like when Skynet put a Terminator in a Summer Glau suit for the same reason.