Johansson went on to explain that OpenAI didn’t want to take down the voice.

“Consequently, OpenAl reluctantly agreed to take down the ‘Sky’ voice,” Johansson said. “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. I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected.”

Strangely, Altman claims Johansson wasn’t the inspiration for its AI voice, something that’s simply hard to believe given all the publicly available facts.