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OpenAI removes AI voice likened to Scarlett Johansson


OpenAI has removed one of the voices used by ChatGPT after it was likened to the actress Scarlett Johansson and the 2013 film Her.

The US artificial intelligence research firm is “working to pause” the voice of ‘Sky’ which responds to ChatGPT users, while it addresses the situation around the similarity to the Hollywood star. It added how each actor “receives compensation above top-of-market rates”, and “to protect their privacy, we cannot share the names of our voice talents”. Despite the distance OpenAI is attempting to make between its creation and the likeness to Johansson’s operator character in Her, company CEO Sam Altman referenced the name of the movie when they unveiled the new model GPT-4o on May 13.

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