“Statement from Scarlett Johansson on OpenAI’s use of the ‘Sky’ voice, that was shockingly similar to her own voice.” by Linch

This is a link post. Scarlett Johansson makes a statement about the "Sky" voice, a voice for GPT-4o that OpenAI recently pulled after less than a week of prime time. tl;dr: OpenAI made an offer last September to Johansson; she refused. They offered again 2 days before the public demo. Scarlett Johansson claims that the voice was so similar that even friend and family noticed. Full statement below: Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system. 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. After much consideration and for personal reasons, declined the offer. Nine [...] --- First published: May 20th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/F925NqRsz65Bovpqu/statement-from-scarlett-johansson-on-openai-s-use-of-the-sky --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.