Scarlett Johansson accuses OpenAI of stealing her voice for new ChatGPT

Scarlett Johansson is threatening legal action against OpenAI, accusing it of copying her voice after the 39-year-old actress refused to grant licensing.

This is reported by UNN with reference to The Washington Post.

Actress Scarlett Johansson is threatening legal action against OpenAI, claiming that an artificial intelligence startup copied her voice after she refused to grant the company a license to use it.

Scarlett Johansson claims that just days before OpenAI unveiled its new voice assistant last week, Sam Altman, the company's chief executive, called her agent and asked her to consider licensing her voice to the virtual assistant. But the actress refused.

OpenAI nevertheless started using a voice nicknamed "Sky", which Johansson says is "eerily similar" to her voice.  

When I heard this, I was shocked, angry, and disbelieving. The voice was so similar to mine that my closest friends couldn't tell the difference

OpenAI suspended the launch of Sky over the weekend. The company's blog post on Sunday states that "the AI voice should not intentionally mimic the characteristic voice of a celebrity: Sky's voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson, but rather belongs to another professional actress who uses her own voice.

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