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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?