OpenAI Finally Brings Humanlike ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode To US Plus, Team Users (venturebeat.com) 6
OpenAI is rolling out its advanced voice interface for ChatGPT to all Plus and Team subscribers in the U.S., the company said Tuesday. The feature, unveiled four months ago, lets users speak to the AI chatbot instead of typing. Five new voices join the lineup, expanding user options. OpenAI claims improved accent recognition and smoother conversations since initial testing. VentureBeat adds: OpenAI's foray into adding voices into ChatGPT has been controversial at the onset. In its May event announcing GPT-4o and the voice mode, people noticed similarities of one of the voices, Sky, to that of the actress Scarlett Johanssen. It didn't help that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted the word "her" on social media, a reference to the movie where Johansson voiced an AI assistant. The controversy sparked concerns around AI developers mimicking voices of well-known individuals.
Sounds like ... (Score:2)
"Muahahaha!"
Copyright on voice? (Score:3)
What happens to people who naturally sound like a celebrity? They have to pay money whenever they speak? Copyrights on voice is ridiculous, and besides shouldn't the God, or Charles Darwin, get the copyright on everyone's voice? A person's natural voice isn't their own invention or creation.
"Her" (Score:2)
Sure, they mention the Altman "her" post but don't mention that SJ dropped her threat of a lawsuit once her lawyers reminded her you can't trademark a voice, that this was the voice actors natural voice and not an imitation, it was not marketed as "Scarlett Johansson" so there was no infringement on her right of publicity, and Warner Brother's hasn't (and couldn't) copyright "AI that sounds like Scarlett Johansson".
But let's keep bringing it up anyways.
So a blabbering moron now (Score:2)
As if the world needed more of _those_.