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The creator of ChatGPT’s voice wants to build the tech from ‘Her,’ minus the dystopia


Alexis Conneau thinks a lot about the movie "Her." For the last several years, he's obsessed over trying to turn the film's fictional voice technology,

Scarlett Johansson sent a legal threat to Sam Altman’s startup earlier this year, ultimately forcing OpenAI to take down one of ChatGPT’s voices that strongly resembled her character in the film. For instance, he thinks AI shouldn’t optimize for “time spent on platform,” a common metric of success for social apps that can promote unhealthy habits, like doomscrolling. Humans label these clips as “sad” or “excited” so that AI models recognize similar voice patterns when they hear you say it, and even respond back with emotional intonations of their own.

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