Row 26914

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### 1) Timeline of Events

- Sep 2023: ChatGPT Mobile App is updated with the Voice feature. This includes the release of the "Sky" voice. - Sep 2023: OpenAI reaches out to SJ about whether she'd voice ChatGPT. She declines. - May 2024: OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, alongside an improved voice mode where the same voices as before have improved capabilities, better multi-modality, and mimic actual human conversations more realistically. Their demo widely made use of the same "Sky" voice they had launched earlier in September.

The crucial things to note here are that:

1. While it's not clear which of the first 2 events above happened first, it's clear that OpenAI must have hired the "Sky" voice actress BEFORE they reached out to SJ. Logically, it follows that the timeline of events here clearly was NOT "OpenAI approaches SJ -> SJ rejects -> OpenAI proceeds to find a sound-alike". SJ's memo seems to have put the wrong idea of the order of events in people's heads. 2. The voice they used in the demo was the same voice they had already launched in Sep 2023.

### 2) The "Her" tweet

I actually think it's remarkable how frequently this is being flung around for how absurdly weak this is as "evidence" of any kind.

It's quite clear that when the tweet was made, OpenAI was teasing the nature of the technology and the capabilities it would have, as opposed to the mere voice behind it. The tweet was building up to a product demo and it makes complete sense that the CEO of the company would want to build hype and anticipation around the demo. Keep in mind that at the time of the tweet, speculation was rife as to what OpenAI would be unveiling on 13th May.

Sam Altman has also referenced the movie a few times in the past, where his focus was entirely [on the technology](https://x.com/linasbeliunas/status/1789735286320022004).

### 3) Voice impersonation

This point is perhaps the most subjective, but I don't think that SJ and Sky sound that much alike at all. When you [compare them side-by-side](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1cwy6wz/vocal_comparison_scarjo_vs_samantha_vs_sky/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=OpenAI&utm_content=t1_l501csm) the differences are particularly evident.

- Sky sounds somewhat more mature. - Sky doesn't have the same huskiness that SJ's voice has.

Both Sky and the AI character Samantha (voiced by SJ) have a similar upbeat, cheery, and slightly sultry office lady way of speaking. The characters have a similar vibe, but SJ doesn't own the personality of a character she portrayed in a movie. The timbre of their voices is arguably very different.

For SJ to have any kind of case here would be to set a precedent where people that happen to share any kind of likeness to a prominent figure should be barred from working in creative endeavours for fear of accusations of likeness appropriation.

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