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[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 133 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While the Sky voice and a version of ChatGPT Voice have been around for some time, the comparison to Johansson became more obvious due to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and many others, drawing the similarity between the new AI model and the movie "Her".

When your CEO inadvertently helps build a copyright suit against your product... Not a good look.

[–] slimarev92@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The whole product is a copyright suit.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's just so many of them at once they're hoping they'll cancel out

[–] DarthYoshiBoy@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, it's worked for exceptionally well for C. Montgomery Burns, so why not this other cartoon miscreant?

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[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now we just need OpenAI to file a copyright suit against someone using their publicly available stuff to train an AI, and we'll reach peak hilarity.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"peak hilarity", or as they call it in copyright court, "Tuesday".

[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pay the lady whatever she asks and make it sound COMPLETELY like her. Worth it.

[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

They asked her already and she refused.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 53 points 1 year ago

They knew what they were doing.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It does. And it’s horny.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is it horny?

I need details.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Since everyone is forcing OpenAI to license their data, OpenAI is being forced to scrape free chaturbate streams.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So all it does is ask for tips?

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

While sitting there doing absolutely nothing then occasionally typing and looking bored... Or so my friend tells me.

[–] Wilshire@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s actually pretty good!

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

That's actually scarily good.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Now all we need is it to talk to you in a sexy way

/s

[–] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Whelp, we're one step ever closer to terminators. Just gotta let Boston Dynamics cook now

[–] Wilshire@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh. Flirty "Her" terminators to lower your defenses before the kill. Didn't see that coming.

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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They revealed some sort of companion for your phone that is ironically close to those in the movie „Her“ where the virtual girlfriend is voiced by Scarlet Johansson.

[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They want us to believe it was by accident but I'm pretty sure it wasn't.

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[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's no such a thing as "too much Scarlett Johansson"

[–] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on whether or not she has grounds to sue.

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[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cool, please sit through 1,000 hours of Black Widow.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take a break in the middle with Ghost in the Shell for a little bit of variety.

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[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Black Widow is a good film tho?

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sky is my favorite voice. It'd be a shame if they took it away as her voice is by far the best one of the bunch. It sounds so natural and makes Siri, Cortana, and Alexa seem crude in comparison.

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

The ChatGPT case aside, what are the copyright laws on impersonating the voice of an actor portraying a particular film character? If someone imitates the voice of Johnny Depp playing Jack Sparrow, or Andy Serkis playing Gollum, but makes no reference to the character apart from the voice performance, does that infringe on the copyright to the character?

[–] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe the SAG(Screen Actors Guild) just had a big strike about AI likenesses without proper compensation.

[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did, but I'm not sure that applies in this case unless for some reason OpenAI signed a deal with SAG. Otherwise, they aren't beholden to any protections not afforded by the law.

At least, AFAIK. Someone with more legal knowledge should probably chime in

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[–] Talaraine@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are no applicable laws that I know about, and as a voice actor I am similarly concerned. There is a lot of focus on this in the industry atm, but we all know how glacially slow government moves. SAG-AFTRA and NAVA have this as a focus currently, and I'm watching with interest.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Apparently Amelia Tyler - the Narrator for BG3 - checked in on some random twitch stream, and they had an AI voice trained from her narration controlled by twitch chat - which was saying some fucking horrendous stuff.

Scary as fuck.

Remember to talk to everyone you know about voice scams. Scammers absolutely are leveraging this tech, and piling it on top of the usual "I've flushed my phone down the toilet, I'm texting from a mates phone and I need money to buy a new one for my job interview tomorrow" kinda scams.
Agree on a password or something, so that if "you" ever call (edit: or text) and put them under pressure then they ask for the password. Scammers will instantly divert or bail.

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently the answer is no. There is even someone making a KITT app using a LLM, but using an AI voice based on a voice imitator as they didn't got the rights from William Daniels and that's legal.

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[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

concerns it sounds too much like Scarlett Johansen is sly lingo for we may get sued by this actress for stealing her likeness

[–] llamapocalypse@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

So they're just doing a way shittier version of the movie "Her"?

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago

After listening to it, I would say it's a bit of a stretch. It may sound similar but the cadence is different. Definitely not Scarlett.

[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It didn't sound anything like her.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's not what the CEO of the company thought.

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, the media figured that out now? After what, 6 months since this has been public and for free?

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow, time goes that fast where you live? I'm posting this 15 minutes after you, so that's like 2 weeks for you.

Got any stock tips?

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Always text back random numbers that text you and definitely join their secret Telegram channel.

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