Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistant Sounds Just Like Her

Re:Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistan... by dyauspitr on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:10PM (#40433977)

It doesn’t sound like her enough. Unless they found something very specific it was clearly just another voice actress that sounds close to her.

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Re:Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistan... by chung8123 on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:13PM (#40434035)

I didn't think it sounded like her either. This is one of those things you can make it sound like her with a little marketing and branding but I didn't think it sounded like her on a blind listen.

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Re:Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistan... by InfoSecErik on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:12PM (#40434019)

When I heard the demo, I assumed they licensed her voice until I read the press release.

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Re:Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistan... by wvenable on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:45PM (#40434432)

If you listen to her voice in Her and listen to Sky back to back, they are clearly very different. Scarlett has some raspy tones to her voice that are very distinctive and come through even when she is talking like an AI.

I wonder if people just associate the "talking like an AI" thing to Scarlett and it's not actually her voice that seems familiar.

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Re:Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistan... by enragedcacti on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:35PM (#40434289)

Something very specific like Sam Altman asking to use her voice nine months ago and her saying no, and then him asking again *two days* before the 4o demo, and then on the day of the demo him tweeting the single word "her", the name of the movie where she plays an AI voice?

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Re:Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistan... by wvenable on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:12PM (#40434005)

It sounds like Rashida Jones.

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