OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's company is using the "we're incompetent" defense in its dustup with Scarlett Johansson.
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- Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI took her voice without permission.
- Open AI's response: Not true! The real story is that our CEO had no idea what he was doing.
- That kind of move-fast-break-things argument is OK for a young startup. But OpenAI also wants our trust because it wants to be embedded in our lives.