Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI

[Music] [Applause] let's get our energy up up up happy Friday Eve welcome to the show I'm Koy this is CNN 10 school years winding down so remember to show some love to your teachers who are informing and inspiring us to be a little better each day give a handshake a high five a fist bump let them know I see you all right we begin today with an historic decision stemming from the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip three European nations Spain Norway and Ireland say they will formally recognize a Palestinian state next week more than 140 un Nations already recognize Palestinian statehood but very few European nations have gone that far that's why this announcement is significant Spain Norway and Ireland say this is the best way to achieve lasting peace in the region but not everyone agrees President Biden says it would be better for Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate a two-state solution themselves rather than have outside countries apply this kind of pressure and Israel for its part is furious it ordered its ambassadors from Spain Norway and Ireland to immediately come back to Israel so what does it mean to recognize Palestinian statehood for now it's a largely symbolic move but it puts pressure on Israel as it fights a controversial war in Gaza countries that that recognize Palestinian statehood believe there should be an independent Palestinian nation that operates like any other country in the world right now much of the International Community considers Gaza East Jerusalem and the West Bank as occupied Palestinian territory next we head to Iowa where officials are surveying the damage after a series of Storms and tornadoes ripped through the Midwest on Tuesday in Greenfield there were several deaths and injuries one official says the town about 50 m Southwest of De Moine has been almost entirely destroyed at least 18 tornadoes were spotted across Iowa on Tuesday so far this year more than 800 tornadoes have been reported in the US making it one of the most active years on record the storms are now set to travel both North and South with officials saying cities from Tulsa to Cleveland should be storm aware people in central hu Japan have had enough with over tourism at a famous landmark you may remember we reported on the show about the concerns of locals near Mount Fuji where a great selfie spot has caused all sorts of issues for their Town CNN's Hano Montgomery tells us how a much discussed solution to deal with the surge of Out of Towners has finally gone up this view once the perfect snapshot of Japan's old and new now has a black curtain drawn overwhelmed by tourists blocking roads littering even trespassing onto private property to take selfies the town of fujikawaguchiko has now erected a black curtain to block The View and deter tourists much to the locals relief there have been many accidents involving foreign tourists recently and to the dismay of visitors so I think put a black panel on on this road is is something with uh Brute Force and I think they can do better for for police Mount Fuji a UNESCO world's heritage site and a Japanese icon attracts millions of visitors annually but post pandemic numbers have swelled to record levels well beyond control local authorities say causing human traffic jams and garbage to litter the sacred Peak the local prefecture now says it needs to charge $13 per climber and impose a daily hiker cap of 4,000 in a bid to address over tourism starting this season but as you can tell by the crowds of people around me here one of Tokyo's biggest tourist hotspot M Fuji isn't the only victim of over tourism it's a nationwide problem over 3 million people visited Japan in the month of April and though that's good news for the economy post pandemic it's put a strain on resources and local communities earlier this year the historic city of Kyoto had to close off some alleys to combat G gisha Paparazzi a name given to visitors snapping photos of gisha without permission while Kamakura a Seaside town just outside of Tokyo is urging tourists to walk around instead of taking the train to ease congestion struggling to accommodate an unprecedented surge of inbound visitors many encouraged by a weak Yen local tourist spots have resorted to taking matters into their own hands even if it means Cur for an Instagram hotspot 10-second trivia in what year was artificial intelligence founded as a field of research 1935 1956 1970 or 1983 if you said 1956 your intelligence is not artificial in 1956 Dartmouth college professor John McCarthy organized a summer workshop around Alan Turk's question can machines think m Ary named the project artificial intelligence and a field of research was born Hollywood actress Scarlet Johanson has some serious issues with the new voice for the bot in an update for open AI chat GPT the artificial intelligence program with which you can have conversations she says that voice sounds eerily similar to hers CNN's Jason Carroll is on the story good morning Theodore good morning you never saw her face in the Sci-Fi romance title her but audiences knew it was Scarlet Johansson's distinctive voice portraying Samantha the synthetic seral likee character in the 2013 film you have a meeting in 5 minutes you want to try getting out of bed you're too funny the actor is now speaking out against open Ai and its CEO Sam Alman saying her real voice sounds too close to the one open AI created for chat gpt's updated model the artificial voice goes by the name Sky here's a sample of what sky sounds like hey there it's going great how about you too similar for Johansson she released a statement saying my friends family and the general public all noted how much the newest system named Sky sounded like me I was shocked angered and in disbelief Altman fired back saying the voice of sky is not Scarlett Johansson's and it was never intended to resemble hers we pass the voice actor behind Sky's voice before any Outreach to miss Johansson on open ai's blog it said the company wanted a voice that was Timeless approachable and it narrowed a field of more than 400 voice submissions and settled on a different actress saying we believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinctive voice Altman would not reveal who they hire to voice Sky he says to protect their privacy Johansson isn't buying that saying not only did Altman reach out last September with an offer to have her voice chat GPT 4.0 which she says she declined she also says two days before it was released Alman asked her agent if she would reconsider then he tweeted this on May 13th the day of its release just one word her people we spoke to were split on whether chat GPT Sky sounds similar to Joan I definitely see how it it sounds like her do you think the voes sounds similar yes no not really I don't think it sounds similar I don't I think it's distinct enough people can debate all they want Johansson has hired legal counsel saying this is about protecting a person's likeness and identity as for open AI it paused the use of Sky voice and its products its CEO apologizing saying we are sorry to miss Johansson that we didn't communicate better [Applause] today's story getting a 10 out of 10 cowabanga or dog abanga check out these four-legged fur babies hanging 10 hitting the waves with their human companions in a surfing competition in Northern Spain superpa stars in the annual European dog surfing Championship over the weekend look at them go a pet food company organized the event to promotee dog adoptions and to discourage pet abandon andon we are giving a huge round of applause for a chocolate lab named COA and her owner Juan Manuel Santiago who were crowned winners of the Waves all right now I told you there are some things planned for the summer for after this final week of the show one thing is we want to know what you would ask the presidential candidates running in this 2024 election something about their policies maybe their thoughts on the current state of the US or of your state we want to hear from you we may get an opportunity to use your question in the near future so let us know and stay tuned all right favorite part of the day a very special shout out to Mr Morton's class at Columbia Middle School in Aurora Colorado thank you for spending part of your day with us go cougars and this shout out goes to the Trojans the mighty Trojans in Mr Mahoney's class at Worthington High School in Worthington Minnesota let's go see you tomorrow everyone and happy Friday Eve I'm Koy this is CNN 10