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On Trial: Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI

On Trial: Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI

How come a tech company’s AI voice sounded eerily similar to megastar Scarlett Johansson?

Famously... · BBC Sounds

August 8, 202425m 53sExplicit

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Show Notes

Years after Scarlett Johansson starred in the film ‘Her’ about a man who falls in love with his AI assistant, tech company OpenAI released a female voice for their ChatGPT service that many people said sounded just like Scarlett. After a legal back and forth with the Hollywood star, OpenAI took it down, but how did it sound so ‘eerily similar’ to her in the first place? And what does this whole scuffle tell us about how AI will be used in the future? Stacey Dooley and Larry Dean discuss.