OpenAI disables ChatGPT voice that sounds like Scarlett Johansson

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said it is suspending use of one of its popular AI voices after users noted how similar it sounds to actor Scarlett Johansson's voice. 

The company's so-called voice mode function, launched in 2023, lets users interact with ChatGPT, widely used "generative" artificial intelligence software, by speaking to it. It also acts as a text-to-speech tool that reads answers to user prompts in one of five different voice options.

Although OpenAI said the voice in question, dubbed Sky, is not Johansson's, the company said it is pausing its use to respond to user questions about how it choses and samples the voices in ChatGPT.