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On 5/26/24 1:44 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <v2vg2l$3eegh$2@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/25/24 11:35 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> 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.
> 
>> You posted Altman's lies.
> 
> No, MSN/MSNBC/NBC put his comments in their article.


Cite?


  I merely posted the
> article.
> 
>> Why didn't you post Altman calling his new AI voice: "Her"?
> 
> Because that wasn't in MSN/MSNBC/NBC's article. Are you finally coming
> around to the fact that the corporate legacy media can't be trusted?
> 
> Well, to quote a famous Christmas movie, "Welcome to the party, pal."