TECH - 'Obviously A Ripoff:' Elon Musk Slams OpenAI For Mimicking Scarlett Johansson In GPT-4o: They Were 'Literally Bragging About It' | Benzinga
Tech billionaire and xAI founder Elon Musk criticized OpenAI for mimicking actor Scarlett Johansson's voice, calling it "obviously a ripoff."
What Happened: Johansson hired a lawyer to prevent OpenAI from using an imitation of her voice in GPT-4o. Afterward, Musk called out the Microsoft Corp.-backed (NASDAQ:MSFT) company.
On Tuesday, Musk took to X, formerly Twitter, to express his displeasure with OpenAI. The company's latest AI model, GPT-4o, which can reason across audio, vision, and text, has been found using a mimicked version of Johansson’s voice.
“Yeah, it's obviously a ripoff. They were literally bragging about it," said Musk, referring to a recent incident where Johansson hired legal counsel against OpenAI over the replication of her voice without permission.