OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show
May 23, 2024 - washingtonpost.com
OpenAI, last year, sought out nonunion actors with warm, engaging, and charismatic voices aged between 25 and 45 for a confidential project. The project aimed to provide a human voice to OpenAI's popular ChatGPT. However, according to multiple sources involved in the process and documents shared by OpenAI, the company did not specifically request a voice clone of actress Scarlett Johansson.
Key takeaways:
OpenAI issued a casting call last year for a secret project to give its popular ChatGPT a human voice.
The casting call had several requirements including that the actors should be nonunion, sound between 25 and 45 years old, and have a “warm, engaging, and charismatic” voice.
Multiple people involved in the process and documents shared by OpenAI confirmed these details.
Despite speculation, OpenAI did not request a clone of actress Scarlett Johansson's voice.
