A very simple answer is that they also wanted SJ as a voice. That doesn't mean the original voice was trying to copy SJ.
They had a voice, the natural comparison watching the interaction is to Her, and they there is likely still time to get actually SJs voice before a public rollout.
In particular, I'm pretty sure you can bake a voice model well enough for a canned demo in two days given we have cloning algs which will do it with 15 seconds of samples.
Production ready? Probably not, but demos don't have to be.
Then why did they ask her two days prior launch? A potential jury would be very, very curious knowing that.
A very simple answer is that they also wanted SJ as a voice. That doesn't mean the original voice was trying to copy SJ.
They had a voice, the natural comparison watching the interaction is to Her, and they there is likely still time to get actually SJs voice before a public rollout.
In particular, I'm pretty sure you can bake a voice model well enough for a canned demo in two days given we have cloning algs which will do it with 15 seconds of samples.
Production ready? Probably not, but demos don't have to be.
If you believe a known conman like Sam Altman didn't intend to steal SJ's voice I have a bridge to sell you.
See my comment from yesterday re him being a known conman: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40435120
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