OpenAI removes Scarlett Johansson-like voice from ChatGPT after actress hires legal counsel [Video]

A hot potato: It was pretty obvious that the ChatGPT voice named Sky was meant to sound like Scarlett Johansson, the actress who voices AI virtual assistant Samantha in the movie Her. The company even approached Johansson to voice its new system, but she declined. Now, OpenAI has removed the flirty female voice after Johansson revealed her lawyers had contacted the firm.

OpenAI introduced its new GPT-4o model earlier this month. In addition to being “smarter” than its predecessor, it also features a very realistic voice assistant that speaks so quickly that the conversations feel like you’re talking to a human.

As you can hear in the video below, the Sky voice sounds a lot like Scarlett Johansson. OpenAI boss Sam Altman, who previously said Her is his favorite movie, pretty much confirmed this was the aim when he tweeted …