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The actress Scarlett Johansson accused the OpenAI to use your voice without permission on GPT-4o, the new language model of Chat GPT. According to Johansson, months earlier she had refused the company's proposal to license her voice on the system. However, after the launch, last Monday (13), noticed a disturbing similarity between his voice and the voice named Sky. In response, the star of Marvel hired a lawyer to take the appropriate measures. OpenAI also commented on the case. 3n5b5d
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On Monday (20), the actress North-American Scarlett Johansson made a rather intriguing revelation: she ed the OpenAI to express their concerns regarding the latest voice of the Chat GPT, GPT-4o, which was released on May 13. According to Johansson, this new model, dubbed Sky, not only reproduces your voice, but also his distinctive mannerisms when speaking.
Known worldwide for her role as the heroine Black Widow in the cinematic universe of Marvel, Johansson also played the protagonist's digital assistant (played by Joaquin Phoenix) in the movie Here, where her performance contributed to the emotional depth of the plot. This parallel did not go unnoticed by internet s, who quickly noticed the similarities between Scarlett Johansson and the voice of ChatGPT.
Check out the full video below in which OpenAI demonstrates the Sky in operation. Her voice can be heard from minute 0:25 onwards:
As mentioned, on the internet, several people began to compare the voice of Sky with that of the American actress. Next, check out Scarlett Johansson's voice as a digital assistant in the film's trailer Here:
The situation became even more evident when Sam altman, CEO da OpenAI, made a cryptic post on X, where he apparently referred to the film by only mentioning the term 'her' on Sky's release day.
Mr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word, 'her' — a reference to a film in which I played the voice of a chat system, Samantha, who forms an intimate relationship with a human.
Scarlett Johansson, American actress.
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After noticing the similarity between the voices, a statement from the actress was sent through an advisor to North American radio NPR and to the newspaper Washington Post. In it, she reveals that Sam Altman had ed her to license her voice for the new artificial intelligence model that would be launched by the company. However, the actress says she denied the request for personal reasons. However, after the release, everyone noticed the possible use of Scarlett Johansson's voice in ChatGPT.
Nine months later, my friends, family and the general public all noticed how much the new 'Sky' system sounded like me. When I heard the demo released, I was shocked, angry, and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would seek a voice that sounded so strangely like mine that my closest friends and media outlets couldn't tell the difference.
Scarlett Johansson
Furthermore, the actress revealed that the company's CEO got in touch again two days before the demonstration of the GPT-4o and asked her to think again about the request she had made earlier. However, before Johansson commented on the request, the new system had already been launched.
Before OpenAI remove the voice of Scarlett Johansson from the air, internet s published audios on social networks reproducing ChatGPT's voice. The following video, narrated by the voice of AI Sky, presents the statement made by Scarlett Johansson, which we discussed previously, regarding the accusation of unauthorized use of her voice by OpenAI:
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Given these factors, the Marvel heroine chose to hire a lawyer, who sent a series of letters to Sam Altman regarding what had happened and questioning why OpenAI used Scarlett Johansson's voice in ChatGPT. According to the actress, for this reason, the company agreed to pause her voice.
After that, OpenAI removed Scarlett Johansson's voice and, on May 19th, the company published about the choice of ChatGPT's voice, revealing that it hired another professional actress for this role, however, her identity cannot be revealed as This violates company guidelines. Furthermore, the system voice was first introduced in September 2023, and based on the positive response from s, new versions of the voice were released: Breeze, Cove, Ember, Juniper e Sky, which are created using voice samples from actors hired to create them.
OpenAI says it s the creative community and collaborates with the voice acting industry to ensure the correct steps are taken in casting ChatGPT voices.
Each actor is compensated above industry-leading rates, and this will continue for as long as their voices are used in our products.
OpenAI, in a statement
However, due to the similarity between Scarlett Johansson and the voice of ChatGPT, legal experts reveal that the actress may request a legal claim if you choose to sue OpenAI. In this case, there are two laws that can be applied. The first of them consists of the copyright law, which could have been applied if the company had used direct samples from its films, more specifically from the work Here, to create the Sky voice assistant, but OpenAI claims to have used the voice of another actress. However, the law professor at University of San Francisco, tiffany li, says Johansson can still take advantage of another law, the right of publicity law, which protects the unauthorized use of a person's identity for commercial purposes.
A right of publicity law of California, applied both to Hollywood as for OpenAI, it prohibits the unauthorized use of a person's name, voice, signature, photograph or likeness for advertising or sales. Therefore, the actress can accuse the AI company of having illegally profited from her identity. The legal director of the consumer protection group public knowledge, John Bergmayer, believes that Sky Voice's promotional videos could be considered ments, even if the company is claiming otherwise. As a result, due to public recognition of Scarlett Johansson's voice on ChatGPT, OpenAI's defense of not having imitated the North American star's voice may be weakened.
Scarlett Johansson's accusation against OpenAI raises important questions about the ethical use of voices in artificial intelligence technologies. This case highlights the need for clear and ethical regulation in the use of voices and other intellectual properties. For more information on the technological and ethical implications and much more, follow the showmetech!
Sources: NPR, G1, Examination, OpenAI
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