While I somewhat doubt it was done by design, this is getting far more attention than the GPT-4o announcement did and in the end will likely benefit OpenAI even

While I somewhat doubt it was done by design, this is getting far more attention than the GPT-4o announcement did and in the end will likely benefit OpenAI even if they have to make some kind of settlement for misuse of Scarlett Johansson's voice. Wouldn't surprise me though if they knew there would be attention getting blowback and went this way after seeing the GPT-4o announcement mostly get "that's kind of neat" and shrugs.