Scarlett Johansson has warned of the “imminent dangers of AI” after a deepfake video of her and other prominent Jewish celebrities opposing recent antisemitic remarks from Kanye West went viral this week.
Johansson said she had been “a very public victim of AI, but the truth is that the threat of AI affects each and every one of us”.
Last year she threatened legal action against OpenAI after the company used a voice resembling her own in its new ChatGPT product – nine months after she said she turned down the company’s request to voice their AI system.
“It has been brought to my attention by family members and friends, that an AI-generated video featuring my likeness, in response to an antisemitic view, has been circulating online and gaining traction,” Johansson said in a statement to People.
The AI video was created by Ori Bejerano, who describes himself as a generative AI expert on his Instagram bio.
