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Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by acomjean on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @12:04AM (#40423983)
Or Bette Midler singing for ford. She turned them down. They used a sound alike, she sued and won

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by dewbrite on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @12:52AM (#40424278)
They used a sound-alike and had her sing one of her songs. I believe that's a different precedent, in that it's leveraging her fame.

Imo Sky's voice is distinct enough from Scarlett, and it wasn't implied to _be_ her.

Sam's "Her" tweet could be interpreted as such, but defending the tweet as the concept of "Her", rather than the voice itself, is.

Re:Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice by sleepybrett on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @03:13AM (#40425112)
Does not the 'her' tweet give away the game. Aas you said, it was a midler impersator singing one of midlers songs. In this case they have a voice for their AI assistant/phone sex toy that is very much like the actress that played a famous ai assistant/phone sex toy. Even if he is taken as meaning the concept it's very very damning. If they had, instead, mimic'ed another famous actor's voice that hasn't played a robot/ai/whatever and used that would that really be any better though? Christopher Walken, say, or hell Bette Midler?