TECH - Scarlett Johansson 'Forced To Hire' Lawyer Over AI Voice Mimicry By Sam Altman-Led OpenAI: 'I Was Shocked Angered And In Disbelief' | Benzinga
Actress Scarlett Johansson has hired “legal counsel” against OpenAI for allegedly replicating her voice using artificial intelligence technology.
What Happened: On Monday, Johansson said that she was “forced to hire” legal counsel to address the use of her voice by OpenAI’s chatbot. The actress revealed that she was approached by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in September to lend her voice to the company’s AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT.
However, she declined the offer “after much consideration and for personal reasons,” reported Bloomberg.
“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 AI,” she said.
OpenAI unveiled new audio tools last week, accompanied by demonstrations that included a voice called, Sky, which Johansson claims sounds “eerily similar” to her own. The company has since replaced Sky with a different voice, Juniper.
“When ...