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On 5/28/24 9:31 AM, FPP wrote:
> On 5/26/24 2:44 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. 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."
>>
> 
> You posted it.  I corrected it, and you're running for the hills.
> 
> But points for using the Trump Defense.
> "I didn't do it, he did it.  I only re-posted it."
> 
> Like you're idol, you don't take responsibility for your actions.
> 


Twat's version of said "Christmas movie" would be "Lie Hard."