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On 5/28/24 2:55 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <v34psh$knm3$6@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
> 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.
> 
> Wow, you're really losing it, aren't ya?


Why, are you walking for the hills rather than running?  LOL!!!!!