A lawyer's letter has been issued. Scarlett Johansson does not want to be the "her" in GPT: she refuses voice authorization
The well-known Hollywood movie star Scarlett Johansson refused to use ChatGPT or imitate her voice.
On May 20, local time, Scarlett Johansson issued a statement saying that despite rejecting the invitation to provide voices to OpenAI, Scarlett Johansson still found that the latest large model released by ChatGPT, GPT-4o, used a voice that was highly similar to hers. Sky Voice.
In response, Scarlett Johansson expressed shock, anger and disbelief, and sent a lawyer's letter to OpenAI, requesting an explanation of the exact creation process of Sky. Shortly after Scarlett Johansson's statement was released, OpenAI announced that it would suspend the use of Sky voice to show respect for Scarlett Johansson.
Scarlett Johansson said in a statement that in September last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman approached her and asked her if she would be willing to dub ChatGPT to comfort users and bridge the huge gap between AI and humans. Feeling of discomfort. Scarlett Johansson says she turned down Sam Altman's offer after careful consideration.
On May 14, OpenAI released the latest multi-modal large model GPT-4o, which supports any combination of text, audio and image input, and generates any combination of text, audio and image output. The conference focused on the voice dialogue capabilities of GPT-4o and brought five voices: Breeze, Cove, Ember, Juniper and Sky. Among them, Sky was accused of having a similar voice to Scarlett.
It is worth noting that on the day of the press conference, Sam Altman posted "her" on social media. Scarlett Johansson once used her voice to star in a well-known science fiction movie "Her". "Her" tells a science fiction love movie about the love between humans and artificial intelligence in the not-too-distant future. After the male protagonist got divorced, he came into contact with the latest artificial intelligence system OS1, named Samantha. Samantha has a charming voice, is gentle, considerate and humorous, and gradually makes the male protagonist sink. In the movie, Samantha is voiced by Scarlett Johansson.
"When I heard the demo for the launch, I was shocked, angry and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so similar to mine that even my closest friends and the news media could not tell the difference. ," Scarlett Johansson wrote in a statement. "Mr. Altman even suggested that the similarity was intentional, tweeting the word 'she' - referring to my contribution to the chat system The movie is voiced by Mansha, who develops a close relationship with humans.”
Scarlett Johansson also revealed, "Two days before the release of the ChatGPT4.0 demo version, Mr. Ultraman contacted my agent and asked me to reconsider. The system sound was already there before we came into contact," Scarlett Johansson said. Carrie Johnson emphasized that due to OpenAI’s unilateral actions, she was forced to hire legal counsel and sent two legal letters to Sam Altman and OpenAI, listing what they had done and asking them to detail what they had done. Explain the exact process of creating the "Sky" sound. As a result, OpenAI agreed to take down 'Sky's' voice. "
OpenAI official website states that voice mode is one of the most popular features in ChatGPT. Each of the five different voices users hear was carefully selected following an extensive five-month process involving professional voice actors, talent agencies, casting directors and industry consultants. "In September 2023, we introduced voice capabilities, with each voice taken from a voice actor we co-created." OpenAI said.
In response to a media request for comment, an Ultraman spokesperson said in a written statement, "Sky's voice is not that of Scarlett Johansson and was never intended to be similar to her voice," he said. We selected Sky's voice actors before any contact was made with Ms. Johnson. Out of respect for Ms. Johnson, we have suspended the use of Sky's voices in our products. apology."
"In a time when we are all grappling with deepfakes and protecting our own likenesses, work, identities, I think these issues must be clear. I look forward to addressing the issues in the form of greater transparency and passing appropriate legislation to help ensure that individuals Rights protected," Scarlett Johansson concluded.
