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    Scarlett Johansson also thinks OpenAI's new voice sounds like her. She's not happy about it

    When OpenAI debuted its new voice assistant technology this month, it immediately drew comparisons to the 2013 Spike Jonze sci-fi film “Her.” As it turns out, the likeness may have been too close for comfort. Actor Scarlett Johansson, who voiced the computer program in “Her,” said she hired lawyers after discovering OpenAI released a ChatGPT voice that sounded eerily similar to hers without ...
    by Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times May 21, 2024 3 minutes
    Scarlett Johansson arrives for the screening of the film "Asteroid City" during the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 23, 2023.

    When OpenAI debuted its new voice assistant technology this month, it immediately drew comparisons to the 2013 Spike Jonze sci-fi film “Her.”

    As it turns out, the likeness may have been too close for comfort.

    Actor Scarlett Johansson, who voiced the computer program in “Her,” said she hired lawyers after discovering OpenAI released a ChatGPT voice that sounded eerily similar to hers without her granting permission.

    In a Monday statement, Johansson said she was approached by OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, in September to

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