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What Scarlett Johansson v. OpenAI Could Look Like in Court
If Scarlett Johansson pursues legal action against OpenAI for giving ChatGPT a voice she calls “eerily similar to mine,” she might claim the company breached her right to publicity.
In a product demo last week, OpenAI showcased a synthetic but expressive voice for ChatGPT called “Sky” that remindedmany viewersof the flirty AI girlfriend Samantha played by Scarlett Johansson in the 2013 film Her. In response, the company on Sunday halted use of Sky and published a blog post insisting that it “is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice.” (OpenAI’s outside counsel working on this matter is Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partner David Kramer, who is based in Silicon Valley and has defended Google and YouTube on copyright infringement cases.)
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