It appears that OpenAI executives were inspired by Spike Jonze's 2013 sleeper hit "Her" when creating the latest version of ChatGPT — and reader, that is absolutely not a good thing.: a lonely 30-something dweller of near-future Los Angeles, played by Joaquin Phoenix, upgrades his operating system and begins a relationship with a feminine AI chatbot voiced impeccably by Scarlett Johansson.
Indeed, in one exchange, the chatbot seems both flattered and flustered when an OpenAI worker explains on-camera that he's filming an announcement video about the chatbot itself. "Mmm? Me? The announcement is about me? Well, color me intrigued," the chatbot says, giggling girlishly. We haven't tested ChatGPT 4o out yet ourselves, but from what we've seen in OpenAI's demo, this update to OpenAI's flagship product is as sophisticated as it is unsettling — though of course, it