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Scarlett Johansson continues to share his views on artificial intelligence – she has some suggestions on how technology should be regulated in the future.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, the actress talked about AI companies that have used her portraits and allegedly her voice. She told the media that she advocates developing legislation around evolving technology.
"There must be a set of agreed boundaries so that (ai) is not harmful. I hope more people in the public's eyes can support and speak up about it - I don't know why it is not."
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Scarlett Johansson believes that artificial intelligence needs "boundaries". (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
This is not the first time Johnson warns of the dangers of AI.
In 2024, Johansson claimed that CEO Sam Altman asked her to express the chatbot to Openai’s chatbot, but rejected the job, just to get people noticing that the feature was called “Sky” and sounded almost like an actress.
"There must be a set of agreed boundaries so that (AI) is not harmful. I hope more public eyes can support and speak up about it - I don't know why it isn't."
"Especially related to AI work: If this could happen to me, how will we protect ourselves from this? There are no boundaries here; we are setting ourselves to take advantage of our strengths."
In a statement to NPR following the release of "Sky," Johansson said, "When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference. Mr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word 'her' — a reference to the film in which I Speaked a chat system, Samantha has a close relationship with people.”
Johnson has publicly discussed the dangers of AI in the past. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan)
The legal team of the Black Widow star sent Openai's letter asking to explain how the voice of the AI assistant came about, and the company later agreed to land in the "Sky".
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Altman later made a statement about the "Sky" voice to Fox News Digital.
"The sound of the sky is not Scarlett Johansson's voice, and it's never intended to be like hers. We left the voice actor behind before any publicity with Ms. Johansson. We used Sky's voice pause in the product out of respect for Ms. Johnson. We regret Ms. Johansson and we didn't get a better communication."
Openai CEO Sam Altman's chatbot said he did not use Johansson's voice for the sky. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)
Speaking to Instyle, Johnson said she has become a reluctant voice in AI conversations, but she will not back down either.
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"I don't need to keep playing drums. That's not my place. But I'm not afraid of being invalid," she said.
Johnson added that after her career in a Hollywood that began as a kid, she was not shy to speak for herself.
Johansson took legal action in 2023 after an AI-image-generated app uses her portraits and voices as ads. (Paolo Block/Filmmagic)
"But now I see that I actually built something...I have a place here. So I'm able to stand up for myself and feel like I'm not going to go away. I can shoulder it."
The Avengers star also took legal action on AI image-generated apps in 2023, called Lisa AI: The 90s yearbook and avatar because she used her voice and similarity in an ad posted on X.
"We won't do these things easily. Based on our usual actions, we will deal with all legal remedies," Johnson's attorney told Variety.
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