Scarlett Johansson was “shocked, angered and in disbelief” after OpenAI used a voice “eerily similar” to hers for their new GPT-4o chatbot even after she declined the company’s request to lend her voice.
The 39-year-old actress revealed that OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, reached out to her in September, 2023, asking if they could use her voice for their new GPT-4o system because he found it “comforting.”
“Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system,” the Hollywood star said in a statement to NBC News. “He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and AI. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.”
