in a surprising twist Scarlet Johansson has edged out Elon Musk in Time Magazine's most influential people in AI list causing a stir worldwide time renowned for highlighting the leading figures in artificial intelligence faced backlash for not including musk in its prestigious category despite his significant contributions to the field musk known for his roles in founding the boring company xai neuralink and open AI has been less prominent recently instead time chose to Spotlight Johansson best known for her role as Black Widow among the 18 cover personalities this Choice followed a request from open AI the organization behind chat GPT to use Johansson's voice for their new chatbot Johansson declined the offer but open AI used a similar voice sparking an uproar from her and her family Johansson responded by initiating a legal battle and advocating against the use of deep fakes in a dramatic development open AI removed the voice from their chatbot without explaining their previous decision the Time Magazine cover also includes other influential figures such as Jensen hang CEO of Nvidia Sam Alman CEO of open aai Satia nadela CEO of Microsoft and Mark Zuckerberg CEO of meta the choice to feature Johansson over musk has ignited a debate about the criteria for recognition in the AI field and the influence of celebrity figures in technology