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- author, Liv McMahon
- stock, Technology Correspondent, BBC News
The ChatGPT chatbot's new voice that resembles actress Scarlett Johansson's has landed OpenAI in trouble.
Users of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform discovered it “Sky” voice option The chatbot, which reads responses aloud to users, sounded like the American actress.
Johansson issued a press release on Monday in which he made the announcement A legal team advised her and sent letters to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the company to clarify how they created the “Sky” voice.
As a result of that legal action, he said. Open AI “Reluctantly Agrees to Remove 'Sky' Voices”.
The actress explained that she received an offer from Altman to voice the AI system in September and tried to convince him that her voice would “comfort people”.
The artist said he turned down the offer for undisclosed personal reasons.
“After nine months, my friends, family and the public noticed how much the new 'Sky' system sounded like me,” he said.
Two days before the release of ChatGPT version 4.0, Altman contacted his representative and asked him to reconsider the offer, but they did not wait for his response, Johansen said.
The new loud voice feature is part of the rollout of new features in the latest version of ChatGPT. “Sky” not only allows conversation with the user, but is also trained to sound more natural and “jolly”.
But during the presentation, users of the site began to compare Movie her (“Her”) in which Johansen participated.
In the 2013, future-set movie, protagonist Theodore Twombly – played by Joaquin Phoenix – falls in love with his phone's operating system. Johansson provides the voice.
Director Spike Jonze said at the time that the film was “not about technology or software,” but about finding love and intimacy.
“Careful Selection”
OpenAI explained that the voices available in the new version of ChatGPT were “carefully selected through an extensive process.” Five months And they participated in it Voice actors Professionals, talent agencies, casting directors and career consultants.
In a release this Monday, he assured that the voice of “Sky” should not be an “imitation” of the Hollywood star.
“We believe that AI voices should not intentionally imitate a celebrity's unique voice,” he said in a blog post.
The company said in an X post that “Pause work” voice When answering questions about how he was selected.
In November, Johansson took legal action against an artificial intelligence app that used her image in an ad without permission.
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During the demonstration Their very human-like conversational skillsThe chatbot demonstrated abilities to sound “natural”.
“Wow, that's a nice dress you're wearing,” said one of the OpenAI presenters. He then received a compliment and said, “Stop, you're embarrassing me.”
Apart from the memes and comments, the voice was also criticized.
“It makes a lot of sense Female character created by men” said an X user. “Why is she so flattering and flirty?” she asked.
On its blog, OpenAI explains that the five voices used by its chatbot come from hired voice actors.
But since OpenAI showed off its new GPT-4o model on May 13, its boss Sam Altman mentioned the movie. her.
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Being multilingual and having a “friendly” or “charming” voice that “seems timeless” are some of the traits taken into account when creating personas.
The agency explained that before deciding on the final voices, it spoke with each of the shortlisted actors about human interactions with AI and their view of the technology's capabilities, limitations and risks.
The advanced voice features introduced in this spring update are still there Not available for ChatGPT users.
OpenAI says they will be available in the coming weeks to paying subscribers for faster responses and priority access to new features.
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