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They voice artist put out a statement through her lawyer. She also stated her voice has never been compared to Scarlett in real life by anyone who knows her.

eggy 2y ago
I'd like to hear her raw voice compared to the polished product. Listen to famous singers' acoustic vs. heavily audio-engineered final cuts. Big difference. I think if you played this OpenAI "Sky" voice to a sample population and said it was a famous person's voice, SA would come up frequently.
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beeboobaa3 2y ago
This is just Scarlett Johansson trying to destroy some small voice actor. I greatly dislike what OpenAI is doing, but this is just ridiculous.
- zaat 2y ago
  Why would she?
  - beeboobaa3 2y ago
    I can't read minds unfortunately.
- throwawaycities 2y ago
  Scarlett Johansson is apparently so devious she managed to get OpenAI to reach out to her to license her voice and likeness. She even set up the CEO by having him directly negotiate with her, which I’m sure he also did with the alleged small voice actor. Then she perfected her scheme by having that same CEO publicly tweet “her” - timed with the release of the voice product - referencing JS’s movie of the same name where she voiced a computer system with a personality. She even managed to get OpenAI to take down the voice in OpenAI’s words “out of respect” for SJ while maintaining their legal defense publicly that the voice was not based on hers.
  - beeboobaa3 2y ago
    Is it illegal to hire a voice actor that sounds like Darth Vader? No. Is it illegal to hire a voice actor that sounds like Her? No. Would it be appealing to have SJ voice act for them? Sure. Does that mean it's illegal for another voice actor to (according to some) sound similar to a character from a poplar movie? No. All of these things can be true together
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    - Retric 2y ago
      The issue isn’t hiring a voice actor to imitate someone, that can be fine. The issue is what you can do with the recordings after you have them. Making a YouTube instructional view on how to imitate voices that includes clips of a film for example would be fine. Reusing the exact sounds from that YouTube video in a different context and you’re in legal trouble.
      - beeboobaa3 2y ago
        Right, but making a YouTube instructional video on how to imitate voices, where you only use the imitation voice, is fine. Which is closer to what happened here it seems like.
    - throwawaycities 2y ago
      Illegal? It probably isn’t criminal, which is what you seem to be asking, although it very well might be depending on the facts. More importantly, under the available facts JA likely has a claim for civil damages under one of more causes of action. Her claims are so strong this will likely end up with a confidential settlement in an undisclosed sum without even needing to file a lawsuit. If she does file a lawsuit, there is still greater than 90% likelihood OpenAI settles before trial. In that less than 3% chance the case proceeds to a verdict, then you’ll have your answer without having to make bad arguments on HN.
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- Tagbert 2y ago
  SJ doesn't know who the voice actor is. Her objection is with OpenAI's actions.
throwawaymaths 2y ago
that's because scarlett's voice is pretty generic white upper middle class woman with a hint of vocal fry, and a slight hint of california (pretty typical given pervasiveness of media from california). She's not exactly gilbert gottfried or morgan freeman.
- ChildOfChaos 2y ago
  Now I'm just sad that it doesn't respond in a flirty Gilbert Gottfried style voice.
  - busterarm 2y ago
    I heard this comment in my mind in a flirty Gilbert Gottfried voice. Thank you for the laughter.
  - sapphicsnail 2y ago
    This is Gilbert Gottfriend reading 50 Shades of Grey. https://youtu.be/XkLqAlIETkA?si=8nLtWaBwq3Swum1i https://youtu.be/XkLqAlIETkA?si=8nLtWaBwq3Swum1i

eggy 2y ago

I'd like to hear her raw voice compared to the polished product. Listen to famous singers' acoustic vs. heavily audio-engineered final cuts. Big difference. I think if you played this OpenAI "Sky" voice to a sample population and said it was a famous person's voice, SA would come up frequently.

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beeboobaa3 2y ago

This is just Scarlett Johansson trying to destroy some small voice actor. I greatly dislike what OpenAI is doing, but this is just ridiculous.

zaat 2y ago
Why would she?
- beeboobaa3 2y ago
  I can't read minds unfortunately.
throwawaycities 2y ago
Scarlett Johansson is apparently so devious she managed to get OpenAI to reach out to her to license her voice and likeness. She even set up the CEO by having him directly negotiate with her, which I’m sure he also did with the alleged small voice actor. Then she perfected her scheme by having that same CEO publicly tweet “her” - timed with the release of the voice product - referencing JS’s movie of the same name where she voiced a computer system with a personality. She even managed to get OpenAI to take down the voice in OpenAI’s words “out of respect” for SJ while maintaining their legal defense publicly that the voice was not based on hers.
- beeboobaa3 2y ago
  Is it illegal to hire a voice actor that sounds like Darth Vader? No. Is it illegal to hire a voice actor that sounds like Her? No. Would it be appealing to have SJ voice act for them? Sure. Does that mean it's illegal for another voice actor to (according to some) sound similar to a character from a poplar movie? No. All of these things can be true together
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - Retric 2y ago
    The issue isn’t hiring a voice actor to imitate someone, that can be fine. The issue is what you can do with the recordings after you have them. Making a YouTube instructional view on how to imitate voices that includes clips of a film for example would be fine. Reusing the exact sounds from that YouTube video in a different context and you’re in legal trouble.
    - beeboobaa3 2y ago
      Right, but making a YouTube instructional video on how to imitate voices, where you only use the imitation voice, is fine. Which is closer to what happened here it seems like.
  - throwawaycities 2y ago
    Illegal? It probably isn’t criminal, which is what you seem to be asking, although it very well might be depending on the facts. More importantly, under the available facts JA likely has a claim for civil damages under one of more causes of action. Her claims are so strong this will likely end up with a confidential settlement in an undisclosed sum without even needing to file a lawsuit. If she does file a lawsuit, there is still greater than 90% likelihood OpenAI settles before trial. In that less than 3% chance the case proceeds to a verdict, then you’ll have your answer without having to make bad arguments on HN.
    - 2y ago
Tagbert 2y ago
SJ doesn't know who the voice actor is. Her objection is with OpenAI's actions.

throwawaymaths 2y ago

that's because scarlett's voice is pretty generic white upper middle class woman with a hint of vocal fry, and a slight hint of california (pretty typical given pervasiveness of media from california). She's not exactly gilbert gottfried or morgan freeman.

ChildOfChaos 2y ago
Now I'm just sad that it doesn't respond in a flirty Gilbert Gottfried style voice.
- busterarm 2y ago
  I heard this comment in my mind in a flirty Gilbert Gottfried voice. Thank you for the laughter.
- sapphicsnail 2y ago
  This is Gilbert Gottfriend reading 50 Shades of Grey. https://youtu.be/XkLqAlIETkA?si=8nLtWaBwq3Swum1i https://youtu.be/XkLqAlIETkA?si=8nLtWaBwq3Swum1i