Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI’s Sky voice copied hers

Scarlett Johansson said on 20 May 2024 that she had twice declined OpenAI’s requests to voice ChatGPT and was “shocked, angered and in disbelief” at Sky, a voice listeners compared with hers. OpenAI paused Sky and said it had cast its actor before contacting her.

Why it mattered The dispute put consent and likeness in front of the public as voice cloning became a shipping product, and it ended with an apology rather than a legal ruling.