Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI tried to hire her as a voice actress for ChatGPT before releasing a similar voice, which the company says was voiced by a woman who wants to stay anonymous. Johansson, in a statement released through her publicist, said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman approached her in September 2023 with an offer to be the voice of GPT-4o, which was released earlier this month. “He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al,” Johansson…