ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI has halted the usage of one among its AI-generated voices, after some customers stated it had a flirtatious tone that sounded an excessive amount of like Hollywood A-Lister Scarlett Johansson.
In a put up to X, OpenAI stated it was ‘working to pause’ Sky – the identify of one among 5 voices that ChatGPT customers can selected to talk with.
The corporate stated it had ‘heard questions’ about the way it selects the lifelike audio choices obtainable for its flagship synthetic intelligence chatbot, notably Sky, and needed to deal with them.
OpenAI was additionally fast to debunk the web’s theories about Johansson in an accompanying weblog put up detailing how ChatGPT’s voices have been chosen.
‘We consider that AI voices mustn’t intentionally mimic a star’s distinctive voice – Sky’s voice is just not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson however belongs to a unique skilled actress utilizing her personal pure talking voice,’ the corporate wrote.
Some customers stated the had a flirtatious tone that sounded an excessive amount of like Hollywood A-Lister Scarlett Johansson (pictured)
OpenAI stated it was ‘working to pause’ Sky – the identify of one among 5 voices that ChatGPT customers can selected to talk with (File picture)
Johansson starred within the 2014 Spike Jonze movie ‘Her’, during which she voiced an AI that Joaquin Phoenix’s character falls in love with.
ChatGPT customers discovered that some interactions with Sky have been bizarrely flirtations. In a single video posted by OpenAI, a female-voiced ChatGPT compliments an organization worker on ‘rocking an OpenAI hoodie.’
In one other the chatbot says ‘oh cease it, you are making me blush’ after being instructed that it is wonderful.
‘That is clearly programmed to feed dudes’ egos,’ The Each day Present senior correspondent Desi Lydic stated in a section final week. ‘You’ll be able to actually inform {that a} man constructed this tech.’
OpenAI first rolled out voice capabilities for ChatGPT, which included the 5 totally different voices, in September, permitting customers to interact in back-to-forth dialog with the AI assistant.
‘Voice Mode’ was initially simply obtainable to paid subscribers, however in November, OpenAI introduced that the characteristic would change into free for all customers with the cell app.
Johansson starred within the 2014 Spike Jonze movie ‘Her’, during which she voiced an AI that Joaquin Phoenix’s character falls in love with (Pictured)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared to faucet into the comparability to Her – merely posting the phrase ‘her’ on the social media platform X the day of GPT-4o’s unveiling (File picture)
And ChatGPT’s interactions have gotten increasingly refined. Final week, OpenAI stated the newest replace to its generative AI mannequin can mimic human cadences in its verbal responses and might even attempt to detect folks’s moods.
OpenAI says the latest mannequin, dubbed GPT-4o, works sooner than earlier variations and might cause throughout textual content, audio and video in actual time.
In an indication throughout OpenAI’s Could 13 announcement, the AI bot chatted in actual time, including emotion – particularly ‘extra drama’ – to its voice as requested.
It additionally took a stab at extrapolating an individual’s emotional state by taking a look at a selfie video of their face, aided in language translations, step-by-step math issues and extra.
GPT-4o, brief for ‘omni,’ is not extensively obtainable but. It’s going to progressively make its solution to choose customers within the coming weeks and months. The mannequin’s textual content and picture capabilities have already begun rolling out, and is ready to succeed in even a few of people who use ChatGPT’s free tier – however the brand new voice mode will simply be obtainable for paid subscribers of ChatGPT Plus.
Whereas most have but to get their palms on these newly introduced options, the capabilities have conjured up much more comparisons to the Spike Jonze’s dystopian romance ‘Her.’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared to faucet into this, too – merely posting the phrase ‘her’ on the social media platform X the day of GPT-4o’s unveiling.
