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Scarlett Johansson does NOT want to be turned into an AI chatbot… And she ain’t about to let ChatGPT use a knockoff version of her voice for theirs!

Scarlett Johansson has claimed OpenAI has used a similar voice to hers for ChatGPT, after she denied an offer to collaborate with them in the past.Johansson has claimed the company used her voice to create one if its ‘Voice Mode’ options, even after she declined an invitation from the company’s CEO, Sam Altman.In a statement shared on Monday (May 20), Johansson claimed that Altman sought to “hire” her “to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system,” saying that she “could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and AI.”Johansson declined the offer but when a new voice option named “Sky” arrived recently, Johansson claimed her family and friends contacted her commenting on the similarity of the voices.Her statement read: “My friends, family and the general public all noted how much the newest system named ‘Sky’ sounded like me.“When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference.

Scarlett Johansson is speaking out in response to OpenAI’s “Sky” voice character for ChatGPT, which sounds just like her.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Actor Scarlett Johansson said she turned down OpenAI‘s request for her to lend her voice to a conversational ChatGPT system — and that she was “shocked” and “angered” that the company went ahead and used a voice that sounded very similar to hers anyway. Johansson, in a statement provided to Variety, said her lawyers contacted OpenAI to have the voice of Sky, one of the new voices in the GPT-4o conversational chatbot release, pulled down. OpenAI introduced the Sky voice, which sounded very like that of Johansson’s disembodied AI companion in Spike Jonze’s 2013 movie “Her.” The company on Monday said it would “pause” the use of the Sky voice, and said the voice was supplied by another actor.

One of the voice characters on OpenAI‘s “Voice Mode” feature sounded JUST like Scarlett Johansson!

OpenAI is pulling an artificial intelligence voice that users compared with Scarlett Johansson’s, but the company insists it is “not an imitation” and that it “supports the creative community.”

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor After many people noticed that one of the voices in OpenAI‘s voice-enabled chatbot sounded very much like that of Scarlett Johansson’s disembodied AI companion in Spike Jonze’s 2013 movie “Her,” the company is suspending the voice for the time being. The Johansson-soundalike voice, Sky, was part of OpenAI’s updated GPT-4o, which it launched last week.

joke swap segment on the Weekend Update portion of the “Saturday Night Live” Season 49 finale on May 18.The pair each write offense jokes that they swap and read on-air, with no warning about what they have to say. Jost, 41, got tricked by Che, 41, into making a joke about Johansson, 39.“Oh god,” Jost said as he looked at the camera and saw an image of his wife that read, “ChatGPT.”While trying to hold back his laughter, Jost said: “ChatGPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlett Johansson’s AI character in ‘Her.’ Which I’ve never bothered to watch, because without that body, what’s the point of listening.”Jost covered his face with his hand after cracking the joke about Johansson.The live audience, meanwhile, laughed loudly and cheered.

Colin Jost had to put his wife Scarlett Johansson on blast during a joke swap with Michael Che on the May 18 episode of Saturday Night Live.

Jake Gyllenhaal took hosting duties for Saturday Night Live‘s Season 49 finale ahead of the historic 50th season this fall.

Colin Jost and Michael Che continued their Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” tradition of swapping jokes and writing zingers for each other to say.

love language model.ChatGPT has unveiled a new state-of-the-art interface that allows users to visually show their surroundings to the artificial intelligence counterpart they are communicating with.But even more “striking,” according to users, is the bot’s voice — which some say sounds like Scarlett Johansson’s digital character from the 2013 film “Her,” a modern-day romance between man (Joaquin Phoenix) and machine (Johansson).Called GPT-4o or Omni, the vocal breakthrough brings a realistic, natural and conversational aspect to interacting with AI at a rate “which is similar to human response time in a conversation,” according to the company.“The similarity between Her (2013) and GPT-4o (2024) is striking. Living in the future!” wrote one fan and AI lecturer on X.The similarity between Her (2013) and GPT-4o (2024) is striking.

Colin Jost is reacting to Marvel pulling back on their yearly releases!

Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” segment leaned into the brain worm that U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said got into his head.

Woody Harrelson and wife Laura Louie are stepping out for a very rare date night!

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo has landed his biggest movie role yet!

Katcy Stephan “The Lincoln Lawyer” star Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is in negotiations to star in the all-new “Jurassic World” film for Universal Pictures.  Garcia-Rulfo joins Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey in this next installment of the juggernaut franchise, which will be directed by Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One”). Original “Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” screenwriter Kavid Koepp returns to pen the script for the all-new storyline.

EXCLUSIVE: Ever Anderson, an up-and-coming actress known for roles in Disney+’s Peter Pan & Wendy and Marvel’s Black Window, has entered into a new strategic partnership with Amazon MGM Studios, sources tell Deadline.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor A muse, a mother, a fashionista, an actor, a rock ‘n’ roll icon — it’s hard to describe exactly why Anita Pallenberg remains such a compelling figure more than a half-century after the captivating blonde sang backing vocals on the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” and starred in movies like “Performance” and “Barbarella.” The new documentary “Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg” delves into both the beautiful and tragic moments of her eventful life with the help of a treasure trove of home movies and interviews, as well as an unpublished memoir penned by Pallenberg and narrated by Scarlett Johansson. The footage is coupled with interviews of the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, with whom she had a significant relationship, their children Marlon and Angela Richards, director Volker Schlondorff, who cast her in some of his films, and her former friends and associates.

The chants and shouts of pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted the entry to the Washington Hilton for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, but once inside, attendees were greeted with what has become the usual scene: Celebrities on the red carpet, a crush for the security line and glitterati packed into a cavernous ballroom.

Scarlett Johansson can’t keep her eyes off husband Colin Jost while on the red carpet at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday (April 27) in Washington, DC.