Scarlett Johansson Demands Answers After OpenAI Deploys Voice Similar to Hers
Scarlett Johansson expresses shock and anger over OpenAI's new ChatGPT voice feature, which closely mimics her own vocal tone after she declined to license her voice.
Scarlett Johansson publicly states that she feels shocked and angered by OpenAI's decision to release a ChatGPT voice that sounds eerily similar to her own. She reveals that OpenAI previously approaches her to lend her voice to their conversational system, but she declines the offer.
Despite her refusal, the tech company moves forward and launches the GPT-4o chatbot with a voice option named Sky that closely mimics her distinctive tone. Johansson explains that she only learns about the similarities after the public demo garners widespread attention online.
In response to this unauthorized use of her vocal likeness, Johansson takes legal action by having her lawyers contact OpenAI. She demands that the company immediately removes the Sky voice from its platform while she seeks further explanations for the situation.