ChatGPT developer OpenAI has recently become a world-renowned player Scarlett Johansson was on the agenda. “which the company uses in ChatGPT’s voice mode.Sky‘Her voice was very similar to Johansson’s. Sam Altman even tweeted during last week’s GPT-4o demo, referencing the movie “Her” in which Johansson voiced the artificial intelligence. This message reinforced claims that Sky could be the voice of the famous actor. The film depicted the relationship between a person and a voice-based virtual assistant.

Then came a striking statement straight from Scarlett Johansson. The 39-year-old actor stated that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman contacted him months ago for the voiceover, but he declined the offer. In the next However, his voice may have been used. He has made statements about. As discussions continued, new information on the subject was obtained by The Washington Post.

The actor who voiced Sky was signed months before Johansson.

According to information obtained by The Washington Post from OpenAI, the artificial intelligence giant agreed on a completely different actor for the voice of Sky. When looking for the actor, the company wanted him to be between 25 and 45 years old and to have a charismatic, accessible voice. What he didn’t ask for was the similarity to Johansson’s voice. So the company, the famous actor do not imitate, He emphasizes that he has no such intention.

In addition, the manager of the player who signed with Sky also spoke to the New York Post. The manager, who did not want to share his name, said during the agreement Neither the film “Her” nor “Scarlett Johansson” was mentioned. transferred. In its documents and records, OpenAI also lists this person as Sam Altman. Before we reach Johansson months ago He was said to agree. The Washington Post added that they listened to the unnamed actress’ voice and it was immediately the same as Sky.

*ChatGPT’s Sky voice.

OpenAI published a blog post last Sunday behind the increasing claims about Sky. This message before Johansson’s statement underlined that Sky did not want to be compared to the famous actress. Also because of what happened Sky has been removed from ChatGPT for the time being was also added.

We don’t know if OpenAI actually used Scarlett Johansson’s voice for Sky without permission. As similar as the voice is to the famous actor, especially in GPT-4o’s new voice mode, documents and people accessed by The Washington Post show that this did not happen. We will wait and see what will happen between the two sides. We should point out that no other statement has been made by OpenAI or Johansson yet.