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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.