Sam Altman Dodges Scarlett Johansson AI Voice Controversy: “It’s Not Her Voice”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made his first public comments on the Scarlett Johansson voice controversy, though he opted to mostly sidestep questions about the “Sky” chatbot that many users felt sounded like the actress.
Altman was interviewed by The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson (whose company cut a deal with OpenAI earlier this week) at the AI for Good Summit Thursday, hosted by the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency focused on communications issues.
Thompson asked Altman about Johansson’s concerns about the OpenAI voice.
“It’s not her voice, it’s not supposed to be. I’m sorry for the confusion, clearly you think it is,” Altman told Thompson. “People are going to have different opinions about how much voices sound alike, but we don’t. It’s not her voice.”
Altman added that he was “not sure what else to say.” Thompson did not ask a follow-up question about Johansson.
Altman was interviewed by The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson (whose company cut a deal with OpenAI earlier this week) at the AI for Good Summit Thursday, hosted by the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency focused on communications issues.
Thompson asked Altman about Johansson’s concerns about the OpenAI voice.
“It’s not her voice, it’s not supposed to be. I’m sorry for the confusion, clearly you think it is,” Altman told Thompson. “People are going to have different opinions about how much voices sound alike, but we don’t. It’s not her voice.”
Altman added that he was “not sure what else to say.” Thompson did not ask a follow-up question about Johansson.
- 5/30/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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