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OpenAI pulls its Scarlett Johansson-like voice for ChatGPT
Maybe Her (2014) shouldn’t be a blueprint for AI voice features.
Even if Johansson’s voice wasn’t directly referenced, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was seemingly already aware of the similarities, posting the single-word message “her” on X after the event. Altman has previously said that Spike Jonze’s Her, which features Scarlett Johansson voicing a sultry-sounding virtual assistant, is his favorite movie. OpenAI did not mention if it had received any contacts about possible legal issues or challenges regarding its assistant’s similarities with Johansson or the role she plays in Her.
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