<p>Congress is seeking testimony from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/scarlett-johansson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scarlett Johansson</a> after the Hollywood star accused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/openai-unleashes-new-ai-model-gpt-4-which-can-pass-academic-exams-program-software-and-even-do-taxes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OpenAI</a> of using a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-reveals-what-we-really-need-to-fear-about-ai-chatbots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ChatGPT</a> voice that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scarlett-johansson-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sounded &#8220;eerily similar&#8221;</a> to her own despite no deal between them.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24740333/nancy-mace-scarlett-johansson-testimony-request.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent last week invited Johansson to appear for a Capitol Hill hearing before a House Technology Subcommittee chaired by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC).</p>
<p>&#8220;You recently expressed concerns via social media about the resemblance between your own voice and that of the &#8216;Sky&#8217; chatbot, recently released as part of OpenAl&#8217;s GPT- 40 update,&#8221; Mace wrote.</p>
<p>&#8220;This hearing would provide a platform for you to share those concerns with House Members, and to inform the broader public debate concerning deepfakes,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Mace&#8217;s office told Axios, which <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/06/10/scarlett-johansson-openai-chatgpt-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first reported the letter</a> on Monday, that Johansson is unable to make the proposed date of July 9 and would likely be available sometime in October.</p>
<p>Johansson, who voiced an AI chat system in the 2013 film &#8220;Her,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scarlett-johansson-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in May</a> she was &#8220;shocked, angered and in disbelief&#8221; upon the reveal of a ChatGPT voice that sounded &#8220;eerily similar&#8221; to hers.</p>
<p>The actress said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/openai-reaches-deal-to-reinstate-sam-altman-as-ceo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OpenAI CEO Sam Altman</a> had asked her to provide a voice for the feature, but she declined and so she hired lawyers to reach out to OpenAI when a similar voice feature came out.</p>
<p>OpenAI <a href="https://openai.com/index/how-the-voices-for-chatgpt-were-chosen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> its &#8220;Sky&#8221; voice was an imitation of Johansson&#8217;s voice, insisting it was instead developed with a different professional actress using her &#8220;own natural speaking voice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Separately, Altman apologized to Johansson &#8220;that we didn’t communicate better. He also said, &#8220;Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Sky&#8217;s voice in our products.&#8221;</p>
<p>In ending her statement about the voice controversy, Johansson also called for more work to be done to address issues associated with advancing technologies beyond just artificial intelligence.</p>
<p>&#8220;In a time when we are all grappling with deepfakes and the protection of our own likeness, our own work, our own identities, I believe these are questions that deserve absolute clarity,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected,&#8221; Johansson concluded.</p>

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