Actors Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum are denouncing the lack of safeguards around artificial intelligence (AI).
The two movie stars, who are promoting their new film “Fly Me to the Moon,” expressed support for Washington to take action on the emerging technology, which has created concerns in Hollywood, from actors having their likenesses misused to written scripts by software programs.
“Obviously, we’re all hoping and supporting things like passing legislation to protect everyone’s individual rights,” Johansson said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The “Avengers” star said her own dispute with OpenAI shows “how vulnerable everyone is to it,” while also noting that she is still waiting on legislation to resolve the issue.
OpenAI launched a voice AI assistant last month that Johansson said sounded “eerily similar” to her voice.
She also said it shows “how little protection people have, if any, of their work and their image.”
Tatum also said in the interview that jobs outside of the film industry could also be impacted by AI.
“Well, I’m wondering which one will be addressed first, in a way. I mean, will it be like this industry or just in the normal world? he said.
“People will start losing jobs, as if they weren’t in the film industry. Many people will lose their jobs just to an AI that can do so much. And I just can’t believe that this isn’t an even bigger story than it is now,” she added.
Johansson said last month that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had already contacted her about voicing the company’s AI assistant, but she declined. She said at the time that she hired a lawyer to request that OpenAI remove the voice, which she “reluctantly” agreed to do.
“At a time when we are all fighting against deepfakes and protecting our own image, our own work, our own identities, I believe these are issues that deserve absolute clarity,” she said at the time. “I look forward to a resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected.”
SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents thousands of actors and other media professionals, also gave its support to Johansson at the time.
The union reached a deal last year with the Motion Picture and Television Producers Alliance that established guidelines for the use of AI, including allowing members to give their consent and be compensated for the generative AI used to replicate their image.
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