OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show

Post by jorvi » Thu, May 23, 2024, 8:23 AM UTC

serial_dev wrote: post #34

skilled wrote: post #18

The thing that worried me initially was that: - the original report by Scarlett said she was approached months ago, and then two days prior to launch of GPT-4o she was approached again Because of the above, my immediate assumption was that OpenAI definitely did her dirty. But this report from WaPo debunks at least some of it, because the records they have seen show that the voice actor was contacted months in advance…

I don't know, to me, it's just sounds like they know how to cover all their bases. To me, it sounds like they had the idea to make their AI sound like "her". For the initial version, they had a voice actor that sounds like the movie, as a proof of concept. They still liked it, so it was time to contact the real star. In the end, it's not just the voice, it would have been the brand, just imagine the buzz they would h…

Post by lagt_t » Thu, May 23, 2024, 8:26 AM UTC

gambiting wrote: post #140

boxed wrote: post #86

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You are getting confused by an implementation detail. They wanted to copy her voice, and they did it. They asked for permission and she said no. So they went ahead and did it anyway. The voice actor involved is irrelevant.

>> The voice actor involved is irrelevant. Quite the contrary, unless you believe that Scarlett Johanson owns the rights to the voice of anyone who sounds like her?

Post by taytus » Thu, May 23, 2024, 8:27 AM UTC

pseudosavant wrote: post #176

justeoghan wrote: post #163

I never comment on HN I’ve just always been a long time lurker but I feel like I’m going crazy here reading comments. SJ is not the “AI” portrayed in the movie her. And AFAIK she does not in fact have all the same idiosyncrasies and tones in real life as the voice does in the movie because she was in fact directed to act like that. Not only that but the voices are not the same because there was another actress for sk…

Exactly. Lots of voices sound like other peoples’ voices. We aren’t that unique. SJ doesn’t get to own the voice rights to everyone that sounds at all like her just because she is famous.

Post by shiandow » Thu, May 23, 2024, 8:30 AM UTC

LewisVerstappen wrote: post #139

throwaway115 wrote: post #133

This whole thing is starting to feel like another Sam Altman spotlight production. There's enough evidence to show no wrongdoing, but it was handled in a way to make people think there was a scandal. Maximum spotlight for relatively low risk. I wonder if people will get tired of being jerked around like this.

I honestly don't understand how delusional you have to be to think OpenAI wanted this to happen.

Post by taytus » Thu, May 23, 2024, 8:30 AM UTC

throwaway115 wrote: post #178

resolutebat wrote: post #153

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I'm genuinely not sure what you're trying to say here. Are you claiming that this was somehow engineered by Altman on purpose to draw attention, because all publicity is good publicity? Or engineered by his enemies to throw mud at Altman, because if you throw enough some of it will stick? Occam's Razor argues that Sam simply wanted ScarJo's voice, but couldn't get it, so they came up with a legally probably technical…

I would like to think that a normal person, having not been able to hire voice work from a specific well-known actor, and wanting to avoid any image of impropriety, would use a completely different voice instead. Sam isn't dumb, he knew the optics of this choice, but he chose it anyways, and here we all are, talking about OpenAI again.