Scarlett Johansson challenges OpenAI over voice that sounds 'eerily similar' to hers

事件摘要

On May 20, 2024, actress Scarlett Johansson publicly challenged OpenAI over a ChatGPT voice called 'Sky' that sounded 'eerily similar' to her own. Johansson revealed that OpenAI had approached her nine months earlier to license her voice, she declined, and the company used a voice she believed imitated hers anyway. OpenAI denied deliberate imitation but suspended the voice. The incident became a landmark moment in the debate over AI consent, celebrity likeness rights, and the ethical boundaries of AI voice synthesis.

影响评估

• Risk Creation -2 · Medium-term

  Demonstrated the power imbalance between AI companies and individuals whose voices/likenesses could be replicated without consent. Raised fundamental questions about AI voice consent, celebrity likeness rights, and the adequacy of existing legal protections.

  Affected Groups: celebrities, voice actors, general public, AI companies

共识度与来源

• 1
  Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistant Sounds Just Like Her — NYT (May 20, 2024)

  URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/technology/scarlett-johannson-openai-voice.html

  Johansson said OpenAI used a voice that sounded 'eerily similar to mine.'

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• 2
  Scarlett Johansson wants answers about ChatGPT voice that sounds like 'Her' — NPR (May 20, 2024)

  URL: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252495087/openai-pulls-ai-voice-that-was-compared-to-scarlett-johansson-in-the-movie-her

  OpenAI pulls AI voice that was compared to Scarlett Johansson in the movie 'Her'.

  News Report Citation logged Live source