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Microsoft’s Copilot assistant is powered by OpenAI’s language models, based on GPT-4.
However, users noted the strange familiarity in the AI’s voice.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI Dev Day.
See the full statement below.
He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.
After much consideration and for personal reasons, I declined the offer.
Before we could connect, the system was out there.
Consequently, OpenAl reluctantly agreed to take down the “Sky” voice.
We cast the voice actor behind Skys voice before any outreach to Ms. Johansson.
Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Skys voice in our products.
We are sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didnt communicate better."
