In a press release on Monday, the actress introduced that in September, it obtained a suggestion from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to offer audio for the favored ChatGPT chatbot. Nonetheless, the actress determined to reject the supply and never participate within the challenge “after deep consideration and for private causes.”
OpenAI speaks with a brand new voice
Final week, OpenAI launched a brand new audio instrument and hosted a voice demonstration known as Sky. “Once I heard the demo launched, I used to be shocked, indignant and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would need to use a voice that sounds so eerily much like mine,” Johansson stated.
In a press release Altman said that Sky’s voice “doesn’t belong to Scarlett Johansson and was by no means supposed to resemble her voice.” Moreover, Altman claims that the corporate forged one other actor to voice Sky earlier than approaching Johansson.
OpenAI: This isn’t Johansson’s voice
OpenAI eliminated the voice known as Sky and changed it with one other one known as Juniper. In the meantime, Sky, Juniper and three different voices have been obtainable since September final 12 months. That very same month, Johansson stated OpenAI had contacted her.
“We imagine that AI voices shouldn’t deliberately mimic the distinctive voice of a celeb,” OpenAI wrote. “Sky’s voice doesn’t imitate Scarlett Johansson, however belongs to a different skilled actress who makes use of her personal pure voice.”
