In the movie Her, Joaquin Phoenix plays a lonely heart who develops feelings for the futuristic virtual assistant on his phone, voiced by a captivatingly sensuous Scarlett Johansson. Now, it seems life is imitating art as netizens are joking about fancying the new iteration of ChatGPT.
Announced this week, GPT-4o is supposed to be a more intelligent take on the digital helpers that were all the rage a decade ago. Think Siri, if it could hold a convo (and ‘see’ through your camera). Just like Apple did with its assistant, OpenAI has humanised the new bot with a female voice that sounds as curious and attentive as Johansson’s digital alter-ego.
