ChatGPT deactivates a voice deemed too much like that of Scarlett Johansson | EUROtoday
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VShatGPT will change tone. OpenAI introduced this Monday, May 20, that it was going to droop its “Sky” voice, deemed too much like that of actress Scarlett Johansson. The latter accused the substitute intelligence firm of knowingly copying her voice, impressed by her interpretation within the movie Herthrough which Joaquin Phoenix falls in love together with his digital assistant Samantha, from whom the creators of ChatGPT have made no secret of drawing inspiration.
“We have heard the questions about how we chose the voices for ChatGPT,” OpenAI mentioned on X. And clarified: “We are working to droop using Sky whereas we reply. »
We've heard questions on how we selected the voices in ChatGPT, particularly Sky. We are working to pause using Sky whereas we tackle them.
Read extra about how we select these voices: https://t.co/R8wwZjU36L
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) May 20, 2024
“Sky's voice is in no way an imitation of that of Scarlett Johansson,” nevertheless, assured OpenAI in an article posted on its weblog, making certain that it had been developed primarily based on the voices of various actresses.
An supply declined by Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson spoke out in a press release on Monday, the place she defined that she needed to rent authorized counsel to have “Sky” faraway from the ChatGPT system, now able to talking. The actress claims to have acquired a suggestion from Sam Altam to be the voice of ChatGPT. An supply that she refused for private causes.
“Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman to hire me to be the voice of the current ChatGPT 4.0 system. […] He said he thought my voice would comfort people,” she detailed. According to the actress, her agent was additionally contacted by the corporate, asking her to “reconsider” her refusal.
“When I heard the demo released, I was shocked, angry and in disbelief that Mr. Altman [le directeur d’Open AI, NDLR] developed a voice that sounded so eerily like mine that my closest friends and the media couldn't tell the difference,” she says.
“At a time when we are all struggling with “deepfakes” and defending our personal picture, our personal work, our personal identification, I feel these points deserve absolute readability,” she additional lamented, saying he “impatiently” waits for “appropriate legislation to help ensure the protection of individual rights” to be adopted.
On May 13, the corporate offered the brand new model of its flagship product, with GPT-4o, with improved efficiency and habits that’s supposed to be nearer to people, with new voices to return.
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