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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by wkat4242 on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:44PM (#40422665)
> maybe not even a hiring of an impressionist

If they really hired someone who sounds just like her it's fair game IMO. Johanssen can't own the right to a similar voice just like many people can have the same name. I think if there really was another actress and she just happens to sound like her, then it's really ok. And no I'm not a fan of Altman (especially his worldcoin which I view as a privacy disaster)

I mean, imagine if I happened to have a similar voice to a famous actor, would that mean that I couldn't work as a voice actor without getting their OK just because they happen to be more famous? That would be ridiculous. Pretending to be them would be wrong, yes.

If they hired someone to change their voice to match hers, that'd be bad. Yeah. If they actually just AI-cloned her voice that's totally not OK. Also any references to the movies. Bad.

Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by 101008 on Monday May 20, 2024 @09:17PM (#40422941)
But clearly they are advertising as her (no pun intended), which is a gray area.
Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by wkat4242 on Monday May 20, 2024 @09:26PM (#40422996)
Yeah that was the bad part. Agreed there.

I wonder if they deliberately steered towards this for more marketing buzz?

Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by confused_boner on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:48PM (#40422698)
Discovery process will be interesting