Sky voice actor says nobody ever compared her to ScarJo before OpenAI drama

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Sky voice actor says nobody ever compared her to ScarJo before OpenAI drama
arstechnica.com

OpenAl is sticking to its story that it never intended to copy Scarlett Johansson's voice when seeking an actor for ChatGPT's "Sky" voice mode.

This all “feels personal," the voice actress said, "being that it’s just my natural voice and I’ve never been compared to her by the people who do know me closely.”

This comes at a time when many studios are otherwise intrigued by the idea of using AI for things like digital effects but remain, after a long history of avoiding copyright conflicts, hesitant to connect with any company potentially viewed as stealing artists' work without consent, Reuters reported.

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I'm guessing probably because she was never cast as the friendly-sounding voice of an AI, what with that being something people associated Scarlett Johansson's voice with?

I'm guessing that the multiple people who took over for Bug Bunny's voice after Mel Blanc died were not compared to Mel Blanc before they took on the role.

Is that something people associate her with? Everything I've seen her in she sounds pretty dry to me. Even when she's being nice in a role. I can't think of an example where she sounded "friendly".

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