RIP ChatGPT’s knockoff Scarlett Johansson voice [2023 — 2024]

When OpenAI displayed GPT-4o’s relatively more-human like voice mode recently, observers were fast to mention that a person of ChatGPT’s voices seems like Scarlett Johansson, especially her character in HerThe business states the resemblance in between the flirty AI voice Sky (which it in fact presented in Septemberand Johansson was unintended. It’s “working to stop briefly the usage of Sky” while it resolves some concerns about the voice.

“We think that AI voices ought to not intentionally simulate a star’s distinct voice– Sky’s voice is not a replica of Scarlett Johansson however comes from a various expert starlet utilizing her own natural speaking voice,” OpenAI composed in a post detailing how it selected ChatGPT’s 5 voices. “To safeguard their personal privacy, we can not share the names of our voice skills.” It included that each of the entertainers is paid “above top-of-market rates, and this will continue for as long as their voices are utilized in our items.”

For what it’s worth, soon after OpenAI demoed the updated variation of Sky, CEO Sam Altman published the word “her” on X. It’s certainly “not a replica.”

Johansson’s efficiency in Heris among the more popular representations of a virtual voice assistant in movie theater. The movie preceded the conversational AI trend by around a years, so it’s not excessive of a surprise that Johansson’s representation of a breezy, warm chatbot is efficiently a design template for existing voice assistants. The star formerly took legal action versus a designer that was stated to have actually utilized an AI-generated variation of her voice and similarity in an advertisement.

It’s uncertain why precisely OpenAI eliminated Sky for the time being or what modifications (if any) it prepares to make before bring back the voice in ChatGPT. Engadget has actually asked the business for remark.