Scarlett Johansson denied OpenAI the right to use her voice. They used it anyway.

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Scarlett Johansson denied OpenAI the right to use her voice. They used it anyway.
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According to her statement, they were still trying to strike a deal with her within days of the release.

I can't imagine anything more shady than trying to strike a deal with someone for their likeness, all the while preparing to use it anyway and later denying it had anything to do with them

She is going to take them to the cleaners, and Altman and his circlejerk club will deserve every single cent of the damages they’re forced to pay. I genuinely hope she makes it an incredibly messy and eye wateringly expensive legal process for them. I’m not a ScarJo fanboy by any means, but fuck OpenAI for thinking they can get away with something so absurdly blatant and obviously unethical.

Gods, I hope you're right. I hope it's so bad that it scares every other AI company. Because they get away with this kind of crap all the time with no repercussions, since your average person doesn't have the money to bring them to court over it.

Well, more importantly, a lot of people with a lot of assets invested a lot of money and thus expect to make a lot more money on OpenAI, so my bet’s on this getting sidetracked in some weird sketchy fashion because the US is a corporate feudal state these days (amongst other things).