Right here is Scarlett Johansson’s assertion on Monday:
“Final September, I obtained a suggestion from Sam Altman, who needed to rent me to voice the present ChatGPT 4.0 system. He informed me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I might bridge the hole between tech firms and creatives and assist shoppers to really feel comfy with the seismic shift regarding people and A.I. He stated he felt that my voice can be comforting to folks. After a lot consideration and for private causes, I declined the supply. 9 months later, my buddies, household and most of the people all famous how a lot the most recent system named ‘Sky’ gave the impression of me.
“After I heard the launched demo, I used to be shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily just like mine that my closest buddies and information retailers couldn’t inform the distinction. Mr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single phrase, ‘her’ — a reference to the movie by which I voiced a chat system, Samantha, who varieties an intimate relationship with a human.
“Two days earlier than the ChatGPT 4.0 demo was launched, Mr. Altman contacted my agent, asking me to rethink. Earlier than we might join, the system was on the market. Because of their actions, I used to be pressured to rent authorized counsel, who wrote two letters to Mr. Altman and OpenAI, setting out what they’d completed and asking them to element the precise course of by which they created the ‘Sky’ voice. Consequently, OpenAI reluctantly agreed to take down the ‘Sky’ voice.
“In a time once we are all grappling with deepfakes and the safety of our personal likeness, our personal work, our personal identities, I imagine these are questions that deserve absolute readability. I look ahead to decision within the type of transparency and the passage of acceptable laws to assist be certain that particular person rights are protected.”
