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Scarlett Johansson Is Taking Legal Action Against OpenAI ChatGPT For Using Her Voice: ‘Angered’

Scarlett Johansson is taking legal action against OpenAI after the new ChatGPT 4.0 voice “Sky” sounded eerily like hers. The situation gets worse, with Johansson putting out a statement saying OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tried to convince her twice to voice the system over the past nine months. It wasn’t…

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Scarlett Johansson Accuses Openai Of Voice Copying

Scarlett Johansson takes legal action against OpenAI for AI voice model resembling her, sparking debate on AI ethics and individual rights.

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OpenAI Says AI Is 'Safe Enough' As Scandals Raise Concerns

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his company's AI technology as safe for widespread use, as concerns mount over potential risks and lack of proper safeguards for ChatGPT-style AI systems.

International Business Times

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Climate activists file criminal complaint against TotalEnergies in Paris

A group of NGOs have filed a criminal complaint in Paris, asking a court to open a trial against TotalEnergies' top management as well as major shareholders for the climate damage they have caused. The filing comes on the same day the French energy giant announced a new €6 billion…

France 24

OpenAI drama eclipses Microsoft AI product announcements

Controversy over whether OpenAI deliberately mimicked Scarlett Johansson's voice for its AI assistant has overshadowed Microsoft's AI product announcements

Fortune

OpenAI pauses use of GPT-4o 'Her' voice due to similarity to Scarlett Johansson: 'so eerily similar… my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference'

The Hollywood star says they were approached by OpenAI to use her likeness, but declined.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggests GPT-5 may work like a 'virtual brain' with deeper thinking capabilities, demystifying it from the "mildly embarrassing at best GPT-4"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicated the GPT-5 model will function like a "virtual brain" suggesting that it might be better, faster, and more efficient at handling tasks with deeper thinking capabilities compared to its predecessors.

Windows Central

OpenAI Apologizes To Actress Johansson Over AI Voice Similarity

OpenAI chief Sam Altman publicly apologized Tuesday to Scarlett Johansson after the movie star said she was "shocked" by a new synthetic voice released by the ChatGPT-maker that sounds "eerily similar" to her.

International Business Times

OpenAI removes Sky voice after Scarlett Johansson legal threat — here’s what’s going on

Scarlett Johansson has threatened legal action against OpenAI's apparent use of her voice without permission, leading the company to pull its Sky voice option

Tom’s Guide

Scarlett Johansson Is "Shocked, Angered" Over ChatGPT Voice She Says "Sounds Eerily Similar" to Hers

The company that created the voice claims it wasn't modeled after the actress.

Marie Claire

OpenAI promised 20% of its computing power to combat the most dangerous kind of AI—but never delivered, sources say

The company's "Superalignment team" repeatedly had its requests for computing power rejected, sources say.

Fortune

TechScape: The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building

The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building. Plus, AI-generated ‘slop’ is taking over the internet

The Guardian - UK

"I was forced to hire legal counsel," actress Scarlett Johansson responds after Microsoft partner OpenAI 'clones' her voice for ChatGPT

OpenAI is in hot water. After debuting an AI assistant based on new ChatGPT models, users remarked its familiarities with Scarlett Johansson. It turns out she was approached by OpenAI's Sam Altman. After politely declining, it seems they stole her voice anyway. Read Johansson's statement here.

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Scarlett Johansson said she was forced to hire legal counsel to deal with Sam Altman and OpenAI

In a statement, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized, but said the voice was "never intended to resemble" Johansson's voice.

The Independent UK

Scarlett Johansson says she was ‘shocked’ and ‘angered’ by ChatGPT voice ‘imitation’

The ‘Black Widow’ star revealed that she had previously been approached by OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman

Fortune

Developers criticize OpenAI for disabling the AI voice for ChatGPT that sounded like Scarlett Johansson in ‘Her’

The company has recently garnered news headlines and even a joke in “Saturday Night Live” over one of its chatbot voices.

The Guardian - US

ChatGPT suspends Scarlett Johansson-like voice as actor speaks out against OpenAI

OpenAI says ‘Sky’ is not an imitation of actor’s voice after users compare it to AI companion character in film Her

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Tom’s Guide

Microsoft Build 2024 LIVE — Copilot, Surface Pro 11, Surface Laptop 7 and latest news

After unveiling new Surface hardware, Microsoft Build 2024 is officially here. Follow along for all the latest announcements as they happen!

International Business Times UK

'AI Godfather' Says AI Will 'Take Lots Of Mundane Jobs', Urges UK To Adopt Universal Basic Income

AI experts warn rapid development could worsen inequality. Some propose guaranteed income, even compute access, to address this.

Windows Central

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits "there's no proven playbook" after former alignment lead suggests the company prioritizes "shiny products" like GPT-4o over safety

Multiple OpenAI execs have left the company this past week citing security concerns, but the company is more focused on hitting the AGI benchmark despite the lack of guardrails and regulations to control a smarter-than-human machine.

Reason

AI's Cozy Crony Capitalism

Regulating artificial intelligence presents a "Baptists and bootleggers" problem.

The Guardian - UK

OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher

Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o

The Guardian - UK

As the AI world gathers in Seoul, can an accelerating industry balance progress against safety?

Companies such as OpenAI and Meta push ahead, but it is clear that biggest changes are yet to come

International Business Times

OpenAI Team Devoted To Future Risks Left Leaderless

An OpenAI team devoted to mitigating the long-term dangers of super-smart computers was leaderless on Friday after two high-profile figures left the company.

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