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Scarlett Johansson denied OpenAI the right to use her voice. They used it anyway. (boingboing.net)

submitted 6 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 493 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (40 children)

At first, they denied it—"OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati said the company did not pattern any ChatGPT voices on Johansson's sultry computer voice in the movie," but Altman and other OpenAI guys had let the cat out the bag on Twitter

They’re not just deliberately using her voice; they’re deliberately lying about it and bragging about what really happened in public. They’ll pay some nuisance settlement that’s a small fraction of their profit.

That’s how they treat an a list actress. Imagine how they treat everyone else. You don’t get a settlement. You just get fucked.

[–] moon@lemmy.ml 110 points 6 months ago (3 children)

According to her statement, they were still trying to strike a deal with her within days of the release.

I can't imagine anything more shady than trying to strike a deal with someone for their likeness, all the while preparing to use it anyway and later denying it had anything to do with them

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

She is going to take them to the cleaners, and Altman and his circlejerk club will deserve every single cent of the damages they’re forced to pay. I genuinely hope she makes it an incredibly messy and eye wateringly expensive legal process for them. I’m not a ScarJo fanboy by any means, but fuck OpenAI for thinking they can get away with something so absurdly blatant and obviously unethical.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Gods, I hope you're right. I hope it's so bad that it scares every other AI company. Because they get away with this kind of crap all the time with no repercussions, since your average person doesn't have the money to bring them to court over it.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Well, more importantly, a lot of people with a lot of assets invested a lot of money and thus expect to make a lot more money on OpenAI, so my bet’s on this getting sidetracked in some weird sketchy fashion because the US is a corporate feudal state these days (amongst other things).

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