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Scarlett Johansson's remarks on OpenAI chatbot voice similarity raise ethical concerns in AI voice synthesis.

OpenAI is in hot water. After debuting an AI assistant based on new ChatGPT models, users remarked its familiarities with Scarlett Johansson. It turns out she was approached by OpenAI's Sam Altman. After politely declining, it seems they stole her voice anyway. Read Johansson's statement here.

In a statement, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized, but said the voice was "never intended to resemble" Johansson's voice.

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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Monday said it was working on temporarily muting a synthetic voice that sounds a lot like that of actress Scarlett Johansson.

OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some users said it sounded like “Her” actor Scarlett Johansson

The company has recently garnered news headlines and even a joke in “Saturday Night Live” over one of its chatbot voices.

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