Path: ...!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 15:35:06 +0000 User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Scarlett Johansson's Battle With OpenAI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: BTR1701 References: <4AGdncoJueTB0cz7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 15:35:07 +0000 Lines: 95 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-N5IXMUHKoxEOUaABj1ngOE2uUjv1cn4ueD7f7GfRF1fhNnhjJMnbMMFVYeQULAGMBdcDmC5PaatwJih!mqNIZB7Vls3HRW+/92q0eSeR+00QwmOMuLK12ZN187KapvkkZORShShrWe1hTDkUdxKNmGOT5g== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 6272 FPP wrote: > On 5/24/24 10:26 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/ar-BB1mWLqa >> >> Scarlett Johansson's powerful Hollywood agent, Bryan Lourd, wanted answers >> when he made an urgent call to Sam Altman last week: What do you think you're >> doing? >> >> Altman's artificial intelligence powerhouse, OpenAI, had for months >> unsuccessfully courted Johansson, who memorably voiced an AI assistant in the >> 2013 film HER. Last September, Johansson turned down an offer to work with >> OpenAI and voice a new assistant feature. >> >> Altman didn't give up. In mid-May, he texted Lourd, co-chairman of Creative >> Artists Agency, asking if Johansson might reconsider-- he wanted to show the >> actress something he'd been working on, people familiar with the interaction >> said. The camps couldn't settle on a time to meet. Then on May 13, OpenAI >> showcased an updated AI system, equipped with new voice assistants for its >> Chat GPT tool, including a female named Sky. >> >> Johansson was surprised and angry. She and Lourd thought-- and others agreed-- >> that Sky's voice sounded "eerily similar" to the actress. Lourd and the >> actress spent the morning fielding calls and emails from friends and >> associates, some of whom worried that OpenAI had simply appropriated >> Johansson's voice without permission. >> >> When Lourd confronted Altman, however, the OpenAI chief executive was >> incredulous. Did they really think the voice sounded like Johansson? Was she >> mad? >> >> So began the most dramatic episode yet in the collision between Hollywood and >> the exploding world of artificial intelligence. >> >> The emergence of AI as a rapidly advancing and perhaps unstoppable force has >> sparked deep anxiety in creative industries that for decades have been >> governed by strict rules of how creators are compensated for their work. The >> reason is that the language models that power generative AI chat tools are >> typically made using text, images, music and videos hoovered up from across >> the internet. That can include material that is copyrighted, valuable and >> often paywalled-- like Scarlett Johansson's voice. >> >> Johansson-- who just three years ago waged a blistering and public legal >> campaign against Disney-- hired a legal team to demand answers from Altman and >> OpenAI and issued an excoriating statement. >> >> OpenAI, however, said Sky was never intended to resemble Johansson, and that >> the company had hired a voice actor who recorded the part before any outreach >> to Johansson. People close to Altman say he wanted Johansson to be involved in >> the voice project, potentially as an additional voice or to promote the >> product. >> >> OpenAI paused use of the Sky voice on Sunday after receiving legal letters >> from Johansson's team of representatives. Altman said Monday evening in a >> statement that he apologized for failing to communicate better. >> >> Altman has been the most visible face of the AI movement since OpenAI launched >> ChatGPT in late 2022 and ignited a global frenzy over AI technology. He and >> the company face numerous challenges, including a slew of copyright lawsuits >> and mounting pressure to advance its GPT-4 technology. It's also trying to >> move past its leadership crisis from last November, when OpenAI's then-board >> of directors fired Altman for failing to be "consistently candid". He was >> quickly reinstated as CEO. >> >> For performers like Johansson and IP owners, it is hard to prove whether their >> likeness or content has been misused. Regulations governing the systems are >> scant. >> >> Altman in a speech last year said he and other OpenAI executives were inspired >> by the 2013 film HER, in which a man falls in love with his AI assistant, >> voiced by Johansson. The company aimed to develop an assistant like Apple's >> Siri or Microsoft's Cortana that users could talk to. >> >> Last May, the company sent out a casting call looking for male, female, and >> nonbinary voices in the 25 to 45 age range. It wanted voices that were warm, >> engaging and charismatic, internal documents reviewed by The Wall Street >> Journal show. "Someone you instantly trust and feel a kinship with. Nothing >> 'put on'." >> >> It whittled down a list of 400 applicants and flew actors to San Francisco >> last June and July for recording sessions. The actors were asked to sign >> nondisclosure agreements and refrain from providing voice recordings to >> OpenAI's competitors for three years after the product launch, the documents >> show. OpenAI says that the actress who played Sky was recording in the studio >> last July. > > Which is a complete crock of shit. > Wrong again, counselor. Are you yet again under the impression that I wrote an article that I quoted from the legacy corporate media? I'm not 'wrong again', Shit Shoes. I didn't say anything here to be wrong about. All I did was post an interesting article about show business in a TV newsgroup.