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OpenAI is pausing the use of the ChatGPT voice called ‘Sky’ because people think it sounds like Scarlett Johansson in the movie ‘Her’. The Hollywood star dubbed the “charismatic queen of science fiction” voices a disembodied artificial intelligence companion named Samatha in the Spike Jonze movie. “We’ve heard questions about how we chose the voices in ChatGPT, especially Sky. We are working to pause the use of Sky while we address them,” OpenAI said on X. Also read: OpenAI Unveils GPT-4o: Free Access With Limitations   OpenAI Says AI Voice Shouldn’t Mimic Celebrity OpenAI released a new AI model, GPT-4o, last week, introducing a range of audio voices for ChatGPT. The company says it auditioned over 400 voice actors and eventually partnered five to create the voices – Breeze, Cove, Ember, Juniper and Sky. The firm did not name the human actors citing privacy. People on social media began posting about the similarity they noticed between the ‘Sky’ voice option and Johansson’s voice in the movie. In a blog post on Monday, OpenAI said that AI voices “should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice.” “Sky’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice,” the company averred. It is unclear whether there has been legal correspondence between Johannson and OpenAI. However, CEO Sam Altman seemed to pay homage to Johannson’s performance, simply tweeting “her” on X a week before the announcement to remove Sky. Say hello to GPT-4o, our new flagship model which can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time: https://t.co/MYHZB79UqN Text and image input rolling out today in API and ChatGPT with voice and video in the coming weeks. pic.twitter.com/uuthKZyzYx — OpenAI (@OpenAI) May 13, 2024 Artists Protest Against AI Exploitation In November last…

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