[dkarras]

not eager to defend Sam as I think he is shady (maybe necessary for a successful CEO? don't know) but the Scarlett Johansson story was just speculation because she knew that she was asked to act, then the news spun it in a way favorable to clicks. I don't think the voice resembles her at all, and it turns out that they auditioned multiple voice actors and used a real voice actor for the voice. IIRC OpenAI also says that the selection of the voice actress was done before any correspondence with Scarlett Johansson, which can easily be corroborated. Sure, had she accepted the voice acting role it would be an additional news-worthy push for the tech, but given what we know and what was revealed I don't think there was any foul play in that regard.

[solidasparagus]

How does Sam's tweet of 'her' fit into this narrative? Or them reaching out to her two days before release? (methinks the lawyers had some concerns during final stages of release). We can debate how they achieved the final voice and the legality of it, but it seems so clear from where I'm sitting that "it was never intended to resemble [ScarJo's voice]" is a blatant lie.

[throw310822]

Max news impact? At this point, any talk of OpenAI is good marketing.