‘Went Against My Core Values’: Actress Scarlett Johansson on Turning Down AI Voice Offer

The actress said that her children’s reaction had she agreed to the job offer, played a major role in her decision.

Scarlett Johansson attends the "Fly Me To The Moon" photocall in Madrid at Matadero in Madrid on July 11, 2024. Patricia J. Garcinuno/Getty Images

In a recent interview, actress Scarlett Johansson spoke out about her reasons for turning down an offer to be the voice of OpenAI’s chatbot, after she was approached by the company’s CEO last year.

The 39-year-old actress previously voiced the character of an artificial intelligence (AI) virtual assistant in the 2013 movie “Her,” but declined the offer to voice the ChatGPT 4.0 system by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, saying it was “not for her.”