GPT-4o ("o" for "omni") is a multilingual, multimodal generative pre-trained transformer developed by OpenAI and released in May 2024. GPT-4o is free, but with a usage limit that is five times higher for ChatGPT Plus subscribers. It can process and generate text, images and audio. Its application programming interface (API) is twice as fast and half the price of its predecessor, GPT-4 Turbo .
163-615: Originally, multiple versions of GPT-4o were secretly launched under different names on Large Model Systems Organization's (LMSYS) Chatbot Arena as three different models. These three models were called gpt2-chatbot, im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot, and im-also-a-good-gpt2-chatbot. On 7 May 2024, Sam Altman tweeted "im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot", which was commonly interpreted as a confirmation that these were new OpenAI models being A/B tested . GPT-4o achieved state-of-the-art results in voice, multilingual, and vision benchmarks, setting new records in audio speech recognition and translation. GPT-4o scored 88.7 on
326-638: A Quinjet to save the Avengers. She is wearing a vest given to her by Belova and has dyed her hair blonde, which matches the character's appearance in Infinity War . Pearson said there were discussions about ensuring the film was an appropriate farewell for Romanoff. He said they wanted it to feature "the greatest hits" of the character, including expanding on the backstory that was mentioned in The Avengers . In that film, Romanoff and Barton discuss
489-478: A Twitter E3 gaming sponsorship as well as announcements, posters, and collectibles for premium theater experiences such as IMAX . In September 2020, Barbie released two Black Widow dolls featuring Romanoff's black and white outfits from the film. Marvel released another trailer in April 2021, which Austen Goslin at Polygon described as a new "final" trailer for the film's new release date. He said it only had
652-437: A cryptocurrency called Worldcoin . Tools For Humanity describes its cryptocurrency as similar to universal basic income . A Hong Kong regulator directed Worldcoin to cease operations there, stating that scanning and collecting iris and face images was "unnecessary and excessive". Altman has several other investments in companies including Humane , which is developing a wearable AI-powered device; Retro Biosciences ,
815-586: A startup accelerator , and was its president from 2014 to 2019. Altman was born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois , into a Jewish family, and grew up in St. Louis , Missouri . His mother is a dermatologist, while his father was a real estate broker. Altman is the eldest of four siblings. At the age of eight, he received his first computer, an Apple Macintosh , and began to learn how to code and take apart computer hardware. He attended John Burroughs School ,
978-439: A "gendered character attack" and saying they "stand firmly against Disney's recent statement which attempts to characterize Johansson as insensitive or selfish for defending her contractual business rights". TheWrap reported that Johansson was shocked by the tone of Disney's response, while Disney chairman and former CEO Bob Iger was allegedly mortified. Feige was reported to be angered and embarrassed by Disney's handling of
1141-464: A "pretty in depth" treatment by Nicole Perlman who co-wrote Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). The following April, Johansson expressed interest in starring in a Black Widow film and said it would be driven by demand from the audience. That July, Hayter expressed interest in reviving the project for Marvel, while director Neil Marshall said a month later that he "would love to do
1304-465: A $ 700 million equity fund designed to invest in YC companies as they matured. A week earlier, he had introduced Y Combinator Research , a non-profit research lab, donating $ 10 million of his own funds to establish it. In December 2015, Altman co-founded OpenAI , an artificial intelligence research organization, alongside notable figures such as Elon Musk , Jessica Livingston , and Peter Thiel . OpenAI
1467-417: A Black Widow film". Marshall said he was fascinated by a superhero with "extraordinary skills" rather than superpowers who is also an ex- KGB assassin. In April 2015, Johansson spoke more on the possibility of a solo Black Widow film, seeing the potential to explore the character's different layers as depicted in her previous appearances. However, she felt that the character was being "used well in this part of
1630-562: A Black Widow standalone film, but that Marvel's focus was on The Avengers (2012). Johansson reprised her role in that film, as well as in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). After the release of Age of Ultron , Johansson revealed that
1793-495: A blog post. The post said that the startup received only $ 45 million from Musk instead of his commitment of $ 1 billion and that Musk proposed to merge it with Tesla. Altman has been a vegetarian since childhood. Altman is openly gay . He disclosed his sexuality at the age of 17 in high school, where he spoke out after some students objected to a National Coming Out Day speaker. He dated Loopt co-founder Nick Sivo for nine years. They broke up shortly after
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#17327911024901956-416: A clinical trial startup. During the depositor run on Silicon Valley Bank in mid-March 2023, Altman provided capital to multiple startups . Altman invests in technology startups and nuclear energy companies. Some of his portfolio companies include Airbnb , Stripe and Retro Biosciences . He is also chairman of the board for Helion Energy , a company focused on developing nuclear fusion, and Oklo Inc. ,
2119-555: A confidential arbitration", while calling the company's initial response to the case misogynistic. The suit was settled a month later under undisclosed terms, though Deadline Hollywood reported that Johansson would receive over $ 40 million from Disney. The settlement came after Disney chose to give theatrical-only releases to subsequent 2021 films following the box office success of Shang-Chi and Free Guy (2021), which both received exclusive theatrical windows when initially released. In November 2021, Johansson said in regards to
2282-611: A few new scenes in it but provided the best look yet at the villain Taskmaster. Goslin highlighted the Russian-inspired version of The Avengers theme music used at the end of the trailer. Germain Lussier of io9 also highlighted the use of The Avengers theme, feeling that the music combined with footage from previous MCU films as well as flashback moments of Romanoff and her family made the trailer feel more epic than
2445-556: A gag reel, and behind-the-scenes featurettes were included. The film was made available to all Disney+ subscribers starting October 6. The IMAX Enhanced version of the film was made available on Disney+ on November 12. Black Widow grossed $ 183.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 196.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 379.8 million. The film's opening weekend earned $ 226.2 million globally, which included $ 80.4 million at
2608-776: A half-hour documentary special centered on Johansson's stunt double Heidi Moneymaker, premiered on ESPN+ as part of ESPN 's E60 series. The special was directed by Martin Khodabakhshian and narrated by Johansson. A subsequent, eight-minute version of the special aired on ESPN's Outside the Lines on July 10. An episode of the series Marvel Studios: Legends was released on July 7, exploring Black Widow using footage from her previous MCU appearances. Black Widow premiered on June 29, 2021, at various red carpet fan events in London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, and New York City. It
2771-540: A hydraulically actuated one. Second unit director Darrin Prescott explained that the crew would often "replace the engine or tear the entire body off the car and rebuild it from scratch". The sequence's plot and locations were adjusted to help Prescott create the "spontaneous" stunts that he wanted. Shooting took place in mid-July 2019 at Hankley Common in Surrey , England, under the working title Blue Bayou . The site
2934-517: A less hands-on role as chairman of the board, allowing him to focus on OpenAI. This decision came shortly after YC announced it would be moving its headquarters to San Francisco. As of early 2020, he was no longer affiliated with YC. In 2019, Altman co-founded Tools For Humanity , a company that builds and distributes systems designed to scan people's eyes to provide authentication and verify proof of personhood to counter fraud. Participants who agree to have their eyes scanned are compensated with
3097-560: A new advanced AI research team. Two days later, OpenAI employees published an open letter to the board threatening to leave OpenAI and join Microsoft, where all employees had been promised jobs, unless all board members step down and reinstate Altman as CEO. 505 employees initially signed, which later grew to over 700 out of 770 total employees. This included Ilya Sutskever, who had previously advocated for firing Altman, but now had apologized stating on Twitter, "I regret my participation in
3260-469: A new feature allowing corporate customers to customize GPT-4o using proprietary company data. This customization, known as fine-tuning , enables businesses to adapt GPT-4o to specific tasks or industries, enhancing its utility in areas like customer service and specialized knowledge domains. Previously, fine-tuning was available only on the less powerful model GPT-4o mini. The fine-tuning process requires customers to upload their data to OpenAI's servers, with
3423-1174: A nuclear fission company. In March 2021, Altman and investment banker Michael Klein co-founded AltC Acquisition Corp, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), where he is also the CEO. In May 2024, Oklo Inc. completed a merger with the SPAC to become a public company. Altman remained as chairman of Oklo following the merger. Altman debuted on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index in March 2024 with an estimated net worth of $ 2 billion, primarily from his venture capital funds related to Hydrazine Capital. Sam Altman has recently expanded his investment portfolio to include stakes in over 400 companies, valued at around $ 2.8 billion. Some of these investments intersect with companies doing business with OpenAI, which has raised questions about potential conflicts of interest, though Altman and OpenAI maintain that these are managed transparently. Additionally, Altman has been involved in discussions about
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#17327911024903586-476: A part-time basis. In February 2014, he was named president of YC by co-founder Paul Graham . In a 2014 blog post, Altman stated that the total valuation of YC companies had surpassed $ 65 billion, including Airbnb , Dropbox , Zenefits , and Stripe . He aimed to expand YC to fund 1,000 new companies per year and sought to broaden the types of companies funded, particularly focusing on "hard technology" startups. In October 2015, Altman announced YC Continuity ,
3749-675: A past mission in Budapest and there is also a mention of " Dreykov's daughter ". Black Widow expands on the Budapest hints by having Romanoff return to Budapest and revealing some of the details of that mission. Dreykov is revealed to be the head of the Red Room, who Romanoff believes to have been killed during the earlier Budapest mission. Johansson wanted the film to comment on the #MeToo movement which saw women supporting each other and "coming through these shared experiences of trauma on
3912-402: A photo with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen . On Friday, November 17, 2023, OpenAI's board, composed of researcher Helen Toner , Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo , AI governance advocate Tasha McCauley, and most prominently in the firing, OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever , announced that they had made the decision to remove Altman as CEO and Greg Brockman from
4075-405: A plane while Belova takes out Dreykov's aircraft, killing him. In freefall, Romanoff gives Belova a parachute before battling Taskmaster. After landing, Romanoff uses one antidote vial on Taskmaster and gives the other to Belova along with the locations of the other mind-controlled Widows so she can find and free them. Belova, Vostokoff, and Shostakov say goodbye to Romanoff and leave with Antonia and
4238-479: A political project to improve U.S. housing and healthcare policy. In 2019, Altman held a fundraiser at his home in San Francisco for 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and fellow tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang . In May 2020, Altman donated $ 250,000 to American Bridge 21st Century , a super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden . Altman is a supporter of land value taxation and
4401-514: A practical tank driven by Taskmaster that was created by Paul Corbould, the film's special effects supervisor. Digital cars were added to the scene to make it appear more dangerous and for better interaction with the tank. For the fight scene in Dreykov's office, ILM worked on the graphic displays in the background as well as the lighting that interacts with the Widows' bodies. In addition to creating
4564-676: A private school in Ladue , Missouri. In 2005, after two years at Stanford University studying computer science, he dropped out without earning a bachelor's degree. In 2005, at the age of 19, Sam Altman co-founded Loopt , a location-based social networking mobile application. As CEO, he raised more than $ 30 million in venture capital for the company, including an initial investment of $ 5 million from Patrick Chung of Xfund and his team at New Enterprise Associates , followed by investments from Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator . In March 2012, after Loopt failed to gain significant user traction,
4727-525: A reality" during the filming of Infinity War . Following Romanoff's death in Endgame , Johansson felt there was "no pressing urgency" to make a Black Widow film and this would improve the project's quality. Feige met with Johansson to discuss the direction of a Black Widow film in October 2017. Marvel then began meeting with writers for the project, including Jac Schaeffer and Jessica Gao . Gao's pitch
4890-446: A research company aiming to extend human life by 10 years; and Helion Energy , an American fusion research company. OpenAI was initially funded by Altman, Greg Brockman , Elon Musk , Jessica Livingston , Peter Thiel , Microsoft , Amazon Web Services , Infosys and YC Research. When OpenAI launched in 2015, it had raised $ 1 billion. In March 2019, Altman left Y Combinator to focus full-time on OpenAI as CEO. By
5053-407: A result. Kareem Daniel , the chairman of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution , said the simultaneous release gave fans options to see the film while serving the "evolving preferences of audiences". Chaim Gartenberg at The Verge opined that Disney had to move forward with a simultaneous release because they could not afford to delay Marvel's Phase Four television series, which were some of
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5216-584: A safehouse in Norway supplied by Rick Mason . Meanwhile, Belova kills a rogue former Widow but comes in contact with a synthetic gas that neutralizes the Red Room's chemical mind-control agent. Belova sends antidote vials to Romanoff, hoping she and the Avengers can free the other Widows, and goes into hiding. When Romanoff is unknowingly driving with the vials in her car, Red Room agent Taskmaster attacks her. Romanoff escapes from Taskmaster and realizes that
5379-574: A scene from Civil War featuring Romanoff and Robert Downey Jr. 's Tony Stark / Iron Man , and Downey was reported to be appearing in the film. Fans also expected Jeremy Renner to reprise his MCU role as Clint Barton . Shortland and Feige ultimately decided against including other heroes so Romanoff could stand on her own, though Renner does have an uncredited voice-only cameo. Eric Pearson , who started his writing career in Marvel's screenwriting program and went on to work on several MCU projects,
5542-407: A short time before making it available on Disney+. Chapek soon stated that Disney was remaining flexible as they gauged consumer behavior, and they would make a final decision at the "last minute". In late March, Disney moved the film's release date to July 9, 2021, and announced that it would be released simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access. Shang-Chi was delayed again as
5705-438: A stipulation in her contract that the film be released exclusively in theaters. The suit claimed that the simultaneous release exempted Disney from paying "very large box office bonuses" that Johansson would have been entitled to. According to The Wall Street Journal , Johansson had been concerned about the possibility of the film being released on Disney+ as early as prior to the release of Avengers: Endgame when Black Widow
5868-615: A theatrical release in China, a "de facto ban" that was not lifted until 2023. The film was originally scheduled for release on May 1, 2020. In early March 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic had caused the closure of theaters in many countries , the release date for the film No Time to Die was shifted from April 2020 to November 2020. Commentators began speculating about the potential for other major films like Black Widow to be postponed as well. Deadline Hollywood reported on rumors in
6031-1038: A villain. Pearson moved towards the more subtle villain Dreykov who he felt fit better into the story and the timeline, but decided to reveal that Dreykov's daughter is alive and now a version of Taskmaster that he compared to a Terminator . He felt this was a way to still have some "Marvel fun" within the otherwise grounded story. Principal photography began on May 28, 2019, in Norway . Shortland took inspiration from such films as How to Train Your Dragon (2010), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Thelma & Louise (1991), as well as Captain America: The Winter Soldier . She looked at combat films and those with armies and militia, allowing her to imagine females in those roles to help translate that to Black Widow . Shortland also referenced fight scenes involving female characters in Alien (1979) and
6194-457: Is Antonia, who suffered damage in the Budapest bombing that was so severe Dreykov had to put technology in her head to save her. This turned Antonia into the perfect soldier, capable of mimicking the actions of anyone she sees. Romanoff is unable to attack Dreykov due to a pheromone lock installed in every Widow, but negates that by breaking her own nose and severing her olfactory nerve . Shostakov battles Taskmaster while Vostokoff takes out one of
6357-618: Is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name . Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures , it is the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Cate Shortland from a screenplay by Eric Pearson and stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow alongside Florence Pugh , David Harbour , O-T Fagbenle , Olga Kurylenko , William Hurt , Ray Winstone , and Rachel Weisz . Set after
6520-462: Is currently in limited alpha release. The model supports over 50 languages, which OpenAI claims cover over 97% of speakers. Mira Murati demonstrated the model's multilingual capability by speaking Italian to the model and having it translate between English and Italian during the live-streamed OpenAI demonstration event on 13 May 2024. In addition, the new tokenizer uses fewer tokens for certain languages, especially languages that are not based on
6683-591: Is expected to be particularly useful for companies, startups and developers that seek to integrate it into their services, which often make a high amount of API calls. Its API costs $ 0.15 per million input tokens and $ 0.6 per million output tokens, compared to $ 5 and $ 15 respectively for GPT-4o. It is also significantly more capable and 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo, which it replaced on the ChatGPT interface. The price after fine-tuning doubles: $ 0.3 per million input tokens and $ 1.2 per million output tokens. GPT-4o mini
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6846-509: Is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice." Already in September 2023, OpenAI had claimed their upcoming new talking version of its ChatGPT assistant that sounded like Scarlett Johansson "wasn't meant to resemble" the actress. CTO Mira Murati stated "I don't know about the voice. I actually had to go and listen to Scarlett Johansson's voice." OpenAI further claimed
7009-422: Is not obtainable in a lawsuit". Eriq Gardner at The Hollywood Reporter believed Johansson's case was potentially weak since disputes of this kind usually take place in arbitration , and that she had been forced into presenting a claim of tortious interference rather than a standard contract breach due to a clause in her contract. Gardner added that Disney could defend not waiting for the market to recover from
7172-400: Is refining the chemical mind control process used on the Widows. Vostokoff alerts Dreykov and his agents arrive to take them, but Romanoff convinces Vostokoff to help them and the pair use face mask technology to switch places. At the Red Room, a secret aerial facility, Vostokoff frees Shostakov and Belova from their restraints. Dreykov sees through Romanoff's disguise. He reveals that Taskmaster
7335-408: Is responsible for at the beginning of the film. The sequence was designed by Perception , who worked with Shortland to film various vignettes on set that were made to look as if they were captured on 8 mm film, 90's digital video, and VHS . These were combined with old photographs and documents that Perception's team created and manipulated to tell the story. In mid-March 2020, Disney removed
7498-484: Is the default model for users not logged in and use ChatGPT as guests and for those who have hit the limit for GPT-4o. GPT-4o mini will become available in fall 2024 on Apple's mobile devices and Mac desktops, through the Apple Intelligence feature. As released, GPT-4o offered five voices: Breeze, Cove, Ember, Juniper and Sky. A similarity between the voice of American actress Scarlett Johansson and Sky
7661-506: The Terminator franchise , and wanted the film's fights to resemble "real fights" rather than wrestling matches. She edited together fight scenes from different films into shorts that helped her explore the style of fighting that she wanted in the film. Shortland said this was the most violent film in the MCU and she wanted to approach that aspect with the same "truth" that she was approaching
7824-708: The Latin alphabet , making it cheaper for those languages. GPT-4o has knowledge up to October 2023, but can access the Internet if up-to-date information is needed. It has a context length of 128k tokens with output token limit capped to 4,096, and after a later update (gpt-4o-2024-08-06) to 16,384. As of May 2024, it is the leading model in the LMSYS Elo Arena Benchmarks by the University of California, Berkeley . In August 2024, OpenAI introduced
7987-652: The Red Room for training as Widows. In the following decades, Shostakov is imprisoned in Russia while Romanoff and Belova become successful, dangerous assassins. Romanoff eventually defects to S.H.I.E.L.D. after helping Clint Barton bomb Dreykov's Budapest office, which apparently kills Dreykov and his young daughter Antonia . In 2016, Romanoff is a fugitive for violating the Sokovia Accords . She escapes from U.S. Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross and flees to
8150-643: The chief executive officer of OpenAI since 2019 (he was briefly fired and reinstated in November 2023). He is also the Chairman of clean energy companies Oklo Inc. and Helion Energy . Altman is considered to be one of the leading figures of the AI boom . He dropped out of Stanford University after two years and founded Loopt , a mobile social networking service , raising more than $ 30 million in venture capital . In 2011, Altman joined Y Combinator ,
8313-422: The "massive backlash", concluding that "appropriating the voice of one of the world's most famous movie stars — in reference [...] to a film that serves as a cautionary tale about over-reliance on AI — is unlikely to help shift the public back into [Sam Altman's] corner anytime soon." Sam Altman Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as
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#17327911024908476-462: The Avengers from The Avengers in the score, but otherwise wanted to focus on creating a new identity for Romanoff. His discussions with Shortland led to him writing an original piece in the style of Russian folk music that he thought Romanoff and Belova may have grown up listening to. The rest of his score developed from that piece, and also took inspiration from Russian composers Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky . Balfe completed recording for
8639-510: The Black Widow symbol and her traditional black costume. The marketing team differentiated the new campaign by instead featuring the character's new white costume from the film, and by focusing on her legacy as an Avenger. The campaign featured 30 brands, including co-branded opportunities with GEICO , Ziploc , BMW , and Synchrony Bank . Additional custom partnerships occurred with Fandango , YouTube , Roku , TikTok , and Amazon , with
8802-566: The COVID-19 pandemic". The company claimed that they had fully complied with Johansson's contract and that the Disney+ Premier Access release of the film had "significantly enhanced [Johansson's] ability to earn additional compensation" beyond the $ 20 million she had already received for the film. Bryan Lourd , Johansson's agent and co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency , condemned Disney's response as "shamelessly and falsely accus[ing] Ms. Johansson of being insensitive to
8965-726: The Giving Pledge in May 2024. Altman is an apocalypse preparer . He said in 2016: "I have guns, gold, potassium iodide, antibiotics, batteries, water, gas masks from the Israel Defense Forces , and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to." Recode reported that Altman might run for governor of California in the 2018 election , but he decided not to enter. In 2018, Altman announced "the United Slate",
9128-623: The Last Dragon (2021)—if the effects of the pandemic did not improve leading up to May 2021. Variety felt it would be "insurmountably more challenging" for Black Widow to become profitable if it did not have a traditional theatrical release. In early February, Disney CEO Bob Chapek reaffirmed that Black Widow was intended to be solely released in theaters, but Disney was cognizant of theaters reopening, particularly in large cities such as New York and Los Angeles, as well as consumer desire to return to theaters. According to Variety , Feige
9291-518: The Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) as a result. In January 2021, Feige said he still expected Black Widow to debut in theaters, but Variety reported that Disney was considering releasing the film on its streaming service Disney+. There was also potential to delay the film's release again, or release it concurrently in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access—as was done with Disney's Raya and
9454-534: The MCU timeline to be the most difficult to get right. This was because he wanted the audience to feel that the villain could succeed without breaking the timeline, which would be difficult considering audiences had already seen Civil War , Infinity War , and Endgame . He chose to focus on the Red Room—where the Black Widows are trained—and its leader, who "wields power from the shadows". Pearson thought that
9617-472: The MCU, and was delayed three times from an original May 2020 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Black Widow broke several pandemic box office records and grossed over $ 379 million worldwide. The film received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for the action sequences and for the performances of Johansson and Pugh. In July 2021, Johansson filed a lawsuit against Disney over
9780-614: The Marvel Studios television series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), Joanna Robinson of Vanity Fair reported that Louis-Dreyfus had been expected to first appear in Black Widow before the delays pushed its release to after The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 's premiere on Disney+ . Feige later confirmed this, explaining that Black Widow 's post-credits scene was originally intended to be
9943-506: The Massive Multitask Language Understanding ( MMLU ) benchmark compared to 86.5 by GPT-4. Unlike GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, which rely on other models to process sound, GPT-4o natively supports voice-to-voice. Sam Altman noted on 15 May 2024 that GPT-4o's voice-to-voice capabilities were not yet integrated into ChatGPT, and that the old version was still being used. This new mode, called Advanced Voice Mode,
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#173279110249010106-654: The annual Experiment Cup at an event at Harvard University . In 2023, Altman was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world and CEO of the Year by Time magazine. He was also on the Time's list of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2023 and in 2024. He was one of the "Best Young Entrepreneurs in Technology" by Businessweek in 2008, and the top investor under 30 by Forbes magazine in 2015. Altman
10269-538: The best version that movie could possibly be. Otherwise, I would never do it ... [it would] have to be its own standalone [film] and its own style and its own story." Due to the development work already done and the public support for the project, Marvel Studios decided to move forward with the film at the beginning of the MCU's Phase Four in 2020 following the conclusion of the Infinity Saga storyline in Endgame . Johansson said this decision had become "more of
10432-463: The board "psychological abuse" from Altman, and provided screenshots and documentation to support their claims. She said that many employees feared retaliation if they didn't support Altman, and that when Altman was Loopt's CEO, the management team asked twice to fire him for what they called "deceptive and chaotic behavior". For eight days in 2014, Altman was the CEO of Reddit , a social media company, after CEO Yishan Wong resigned. He announced
10595-512: The board's actions." Late in the night on November 20, OpenAI announced that they had reached an "agreement in principle" for Altman to return as CEO and Brockman to return as president. The current board was to resign, other than D'Angelo, who was kept to represent the views of the previous board. On March 8, 2024, OpenAI announced that Altman would rejoin the board of directors after a review by law firm WilmerHale . In May 2024, after OpenAI's non-disparagement agreements were exposed, Altman
10758-529: The board, both of whom were co-founders. The announcement cited that Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications" in a public announcement on the OpenAI blog. In response, Brockman resigned from his role as President of OpenAI. The day after Altman was removed, The Verge reported that Altman and the board were in talks to bring him back to OpenAI. On November 20, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Altman would be joining Microsoft to lead
10921-627: The case would prompt other studios with streaming services to look at what contractual steps they would need to prevent further legal action like this. Variety reported in July 2021 that the case had prompted other Disney actors to consider similar litigations. In August 2021, Disney filed a motion to move the lawsuit to arbitration, citing that Black Widow had outgrossed other MCU films in its opening weekend with an "impressive pandemic-era showing". Johansson's attorney John Berlinski criticized this move as an attempt by Disney to "hide its misconduct in
11084-514: The cast as a spy, later revealed to be Yelena Belova . Marvel had been considering Pugh for the role since late 2018, but began looking at other actresses in early 2019, including Saoirse Ronan who passed on the role. The studio returned to Pugh after she received strong reviews for her performance in the film Fighting with My Family (2019). Devin Grayson and J. G. Jones , who co-created Belova, expected to receive $ 25,000 for her role in
11247-463: The character's introduction but instead became a reference to her appearance in the series. He said this was the only change to Marvel's Phase Four plans that was forced by the pandemic. The post-credits scene was added after Hawkeye (2021) showrunner Jonathan Igla expressed interest in having Yelena Belova appear in his series. Pearson was asked to write the scene, in which De Fontaine assigns Clint Barton as Belova's next target, without knowing who
11410-472: The company was acquired by the Green Dot Corporation for $ 43.4 million. In April 2012, Altman co-founded Hydrazine Capital with his brother, Jack Altman. The venture capital firm is still in operation and focuses on early-stage tech investments. In 2011, Altman became a partner at Y Combinator (YC), a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups, initially working on
11573-598: The company was acquired in 2012. In 2021, Altman's sister Annie wrote a message on Twitter accusing him of "sexual, physical, emotional, verbal, and financial abuse". Altman married engineer Oliver Mulherin in January 2024, at their estate in Hawaii; the pair also live in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood and often spend weekends in Napa, California . They committed to giving away most of their wealth by signing
11736-458: The difference." In the statement, Johansson also used the incident to draw attention to the lack of legal safeguards around the use of creative work to power leading AI tools, as her legal counsel demanded OpenAI detail the specifics of how the Sky voice was created. Observers noted similarities to how Johansson had previously sued and settled with The Walt Disney Company for breach of contract over
11899-450: The direct-to-streaming rollout of her Marvel film Black Widow , a settlement widely speculated to have netted her around $ 40M. Also on May 21, Shira Ovide at The Washington Post shared her list of "most bone-headed self-owns" by technology companies, with the decision to go ahead with a Johansson sound-alike voice despite her opposition and then denying the similarities ranking 6th. On May 24, Derek Robertson at Politico wrote about
12062-561: The domestic box office, $ 78.8 million at the international box office, and $ 67 million in Disney+ Premier Access global revenue. The opening weekend gross was within or had exceeded various pre-release projections. In June 2021, Fandango reported that the film had the most ticket presales in 2021, and surpassed other MCU films from previous years like Doctor Strange (2016) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). Black Widow earned $ 39.5 million on its opening day, including $ 13.2 million from Thursday night previews, which
12225-402: The end of April 2018, the studio had met with over 65 directors for the project in an "extremely thorough" search, including Deniz Gamze Ergüven , Chloé Zhao —who went on to direct Marvel's Eternals (2021) — Amma Asante , and Lynn Shelton . Lucrecia Martel was also approached, but was discouraged when she was told that she would not have to "worry about the action scenes". She also felt
12388-400: The end of July 2021 for her work on the film, including her role as an executive producer. As Romanoff dies during the events of Endgame , the film is set earlier in the MCU timeline. It primarily takes place between the main plot of Civil War and that film's final scene, in which the Avengers escape from prison. Johansson and Feige felt this was "the best place to start" because it is
12551-410: The events of Captain America: Civil War (2016), the film sees Romanoff on the run and forced to confront her past as a Russian spy before she became an Avenger . Lionsgate Films began developing a Black Widow film in April 2004, with David Hayter attached to write and direct. The project did not move forward and the character's film rights had reverted to Marvel Studios by June 2006. Johansson
12714-401: The facility's engines, and they then lock Taskmaster in a cell. Dreykov escapes as other Widows attack Romanoff, but Belova exposes them to the antidote. Romanoff copies the locations of other Widows worldwide from Dreykov's computer as the facility begins to explode and fall. She retrieves two surviving antidote vials and frees Taskmaster from the locked cell. Vostokoff and Shostakov escape via
12877-485: The few "high-profile, must-watch shows" on Disney+ and once they began with WandaVision in January 2021 there was only so long that the films could be delayed before the interconnected nature of Marvel's storytelling began causing issues. For instance, the series Hawkeye was expected to be released later in 2021 and contain spoilers for Black Widow , so the film needed to be released before then. Gartenberg said Disney and Marvel were victims of their own success, but felt
13040-474: The fight sequences and said this was the most violent MCU film so far. Filming took place from May to October 2019 in Norway , England, Budapest , Morocco , and Macon, Georgia . Black Widow premiered at events around the world on June 29, 2021, and was released in the United States on July 9, simultaneously in theaters and through Disney+ with Premier Access . It is the first film in Phase Four of
13203-437: The film "long awaited" or "highly anticipated" by fans. Rachel Leishman of The Mary Sue said finally seeing a trailer for the film was "surprisingly emotional". She felt that setting it between Civil War and Infinity War would allow the character to grow into her more mature form from the latter film after earlier MCU films had depicted her in a supporting role to the male Avengers. Scott Mendelson of Forbes compared
13366-495: The film after production had already begun, opting to leave a television directing job and move to London so he could be the main cinematographer for an MCU film. Shortland preferred to avoid technical equipment where possible and prioritize natural lighting, which provided a challenge for Beristain in having to match the light of the location shoots to later additional photography filmed in Los Angeles. The naturalistic approach
13529-587: The film appeared in IMAX's expanded aspect ratio. Black Widow is the first film released in Phase Four of the MCU. Release dates for China, Taiwan, India, parts of Australia, and other Southeast Asia and Latin America markets were not set by the film's opening weekend, and by September the film was not expected to be released theatrically in China. Black Widow was the first of several MCU films to not receive
13692-416: The film based on a 2007 agreement with Marvel Comics, but ultimately received $ 5,000 due to a provision in the contract which allowed Marvel to reduce creators' payments; after Grayson went public with this, Marvel agreed to pay her the remaining amount. In April 2019, Pugh was confirmed to have been cast alongside David Harbour , Rachel Weisz , and O-T Fagbenle . An early version of the script included
13855-406: The film distribution industry suggesting that Black Widow would take the November release date of Marvel's Eternals , with the latter being delayed until 2021, but Disney said that it still intended to release Black Widow in May 2020. After a trailer was released for the film a week later, Scott Mendelson at Forbes said the trailer's existence and use of the May 2020 release date confirmed that
14018-522: The film from its May release date. Adam B. Vary and Matt Donnelly at Variety questioned whether the MCU could be impacted more by pandemic delays than other franchises due to its interconnected nature. A Marvel Studios source told them that changing the film's release date would not affect the MCU timeline, and the pair speculated that this was due to the film being a prequel. In April, Disney gave Eternals 's November 6, 2020, release date to Black Widow and shifted all other Phase Four films back in
14181-470: The film from its release schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In early April, Disney announced that Black Widow would be released on November 6, 2020, and the rest of their Phase Four slate of films were shifted to accommodate this. In September 2020, Disney pushed the release back again to May 7, 2021, followed by a third shift in March 2021 to July 9, 2021. In April 2021, following Julia Louis-Dreyfus 's appearance as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in
14344-474: The film had been completed a year prior and had not been altered, despite the release delays. Olga Kurylenko 's role as Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster was revealed with the film's release. The film's visual effects vendors included Cinesite , Digital Domain , Industrial Light & Magic , Mammal Studios, SSVFX, Scanline VFX , Trixter , and Wētā FX . Digital Domain was responsible for the final battle sequence and completed around 320 visual effects shots for
14507-401: The film online. In its third weekend, the film earned a further $ 11.6 million and became the fastest film to reach $ 150 million in total domestic box office gross in the pandemic. Black Widow was the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2021 in the United States and Canada . Outside of North America, Black Widow earned $ 78.8 million in its opening weekend, from 46 markets. It
14670-458: The film was not being delayed. He said this was "the logical choice" because it was an ideal release date for the film and there was no evidence that the pandemic would affect its performance in the U.S. A week later, theaters across the U.S. were closed due to the pandemic and gatherings larger than 50 people were discouraged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Disney removed
14833-436: The film's spy thriller tone helped alleviate his concerns about the villain. A scene at the end of the film in which Thaddeus Ross pursues Romanoff was deliberately left unresolved, as Shortland wanted to leave the audience "on a high" and questioning how Romanoff escapes rather than exhausted with another fight. This is then followed by a scene that connects this film to the end of Civil War by showing Romanoff leaving on
14996-543: The film's opening credits sequence, Perception designed the graphics for Dreykov's screens and other Red Room technology, researching Soviet Union technology for inspiration. Trixter created Taskmaster's mask and worked on several action sequences as well. Alexandre Desplat was revealed to be composing the music for the film in January 2020. Late in post-production, Lorne Balfe replaced Desplat as composer, which Desplat confirmed in May 2020. Balfe briefly references Alan Silvestri 's motif for Romanoff and main theme for
15159-520: The film, the opening sequence—a prologue set in the 1990s with Romanoff and her "family" living undercover in the Midwestern United States —had already been written. The rest of the film focuses on this family coming back together in the "present day", with a pivotal scene later in the film where they are all reunited around a dining table. Of all the MCU projects that he had worked on, Pearson found Black Widow 's setting within
15322-404: The film. Pearson said the film's handling of Romanoff's Budapest backstory had been "85% cracked" prior to the start of filming, and the rest was determined during the editing process as well as additional photography . Winstone disliked returning for the additional photography, feeling his performance was being criticized by Marvel Studios executives. He wanted his role to be recast instead, but
15485-484: The film. They created the Red Room, an airborne fortress hidden in the clouds, which was inspired by the brutalist architecture of the Soviet Union . A combination of practical and visual effects were used to create the sequence where the Red Room is destroyed and falls from the sky: actors and stunt performers were filmed in a wind tunnel against bluescreens while being held with wires and mechanical arms, and
15648-403: The first time that Romanoff is on her own and not tied to a larger organization such as the Red Room , S.H.I.E.L.D. , or the Avengers. This setting means the film is not an origin story for Romanoff, which Feige wanted to avoid because he felt that was the expected direction for a prequel to go. He was influenced by the television series Better Call Saul (2015–2022), which is a prequel to
15811-518: The freed Widows. Two weeks later, Mason supplies Romanoff with a Quinjet to use in freeing the imprisoned Avengers. In a post-credits scene set after Romanoff's death, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine visits Belova at Romanoff's grave. De Fontaine blames Romanoff's death on Barton and assigns him as Belova's next target. Additionally, Liani Samuel, Michelle Lee , and Nanna Blondell appear as Red Room assassins Lerato, Oksana, and Ingrid, respectively, while Jade Xu portrays another Black Widow who
15974-492: The future of AI, focusing on ethical challenges and the role of AI in scientific discovery. In 2017, Altman received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo in Canada for supporting companies through its Velocity entrepreneurship program. The government of Indonesia issued the country's first "golden visa", a 10-year border pass, to Altman in September 2023. In 2024, Xfund awarded Altman
16137-493: The global COVID pandemic". He accused the company of "leaving artistic and financial partners" out of their streaming profits and denounced the disclosure of Johansson's $ 20 million earnings as "an attempt to weaponize her success as an artist and businesswoman, as if that were something she should be ashamed of". The advocacy organizations Women in Film , ReFrame , and Time's Up jointly denounced Disney's response, calling it
16300-527: The head writer for the Marvel Studios television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022). Schaeffer met with Feige in December, and was hired to write the screenplay by the end of 2017. Schaeffer and Johansson were set to discuss the direction of the film at the beginning of February 2018. Marvel began meeting with female directors to potentially take on the project, part of a priority push by major film studios to hire female directors for franchises. By
16463-403: The idea that Romanoff and Barton had used Dreykov's young daughter as bait to kill him and believed the girl had also died in the process. There were "heated conversation" with Marvel over how much of Romanoff's dark past to show in the film, and Pearson successfully argued for including this element. Earlier versions of the script had included the comic book character Tony Masters / Taskmaster as
16626-452: The lawsuit that she felt "very fortunate that nobody will have to go through what I went through" and thought the case had made "a positive impact in the industry and hopefully for artists and creatives' lives and livelihood[s]." Black Widow was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on digital download in the U.S. on August 10, 2021, and was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray , Blu-ray , and DVD on September 14. Deleted scenes,
16789-452: The music and visual effects of Marvel films were "horrible". In the following months, a shortlist of 49 directors was made before the top choices of Cate Shortland , Asante, and Maggie Betts met with Feige and Johansson in June. Mélanie Laurent and Kimberly Peirce were also in the "next-to-final mix". Johansson was a fan of Shortland's previous female-starring film Lore (2012), and
16952-560: The new cast members. In August, bodybuilder Olivier Richters revealed that he had been cast in the film, playing a character that was subsequently confirmed to be Ursa Major . That same month, crew undertook scanning and texture photography at the Well-Safe Guardian oil rig in the North Sea as a reference for visual effects. A wrap party was held at the end of September, before production moved to Macon, Georgia , for
17115-533: The number of films on her contract had been adjusted since she first signed to match the "demand of the character", as Marvel had not anticipated the audience's positive response to the character and Johansson's performance. After teasing Black Widow's past in Age of Ultron , Feige said in February 2014 that he would like to see it explored further in a solo film. Development work for this had already started, including
17278-534: The other side", and this is seen in the way that Romanoff is forced, by the arrival of Belova, to confront Dreykov and her past trauma. Johansson was grateful to have the film to comment on these ideas. Pearson felt the truth behind "Dreykov's daughter" needed to be "something pretty bad. Natasha is ashamed of it. We've been doing allusions to her having a dark past [throughout the MCU]... It had to be something actively tough that she did that haunts her dreams." He settled on
17441-568: The pair felt their "real bonding" happened during Pugh's first two days of filming when they were working on an early fight scene between Romanoff and Belova. Pugh had some stunt experience from her work on Fighting with My Family , and Johansson gave her advice that she had received from Samuel L. Jackson while working on Iron Man 2 . Pearson was on set to hear a joke from Pugh about the "ridiculous" pose that Johansson often lands in while fighting as Romanoff throughout her MCU appearances, which led to him adding some jokes from Belova to Romanoff about
17604-669: The pandemic since they had already delayed the film's release by a year and needed Black Widow to be released so they could continue the MCU, considering the film introduces important new characters such as Yelena Belova who was expected to appear in future MCU projects. Screen Daily editor Matt Mueller told BBC News that he expected the case would be resolved between Disney and Johansson before reaching court, and expressed surprise that Disney had let it get to this stage, given Warner Bros. had made agreements with stars for simultaneous releases in theaters and on HBO Max for films like Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021). Mueller also believed
17767-556: The pandemic. The film passed $ 100 million at the domestic box office in six days, the fastest to do so in the pandemic. In its second weekend, the film grossed $ 25.8 million, finishing second behind Space Jam: A New Legacy . Its 67% drop marked the largest sophomore week decline for an MCU film, passing Ant-Man and the Wasp (62%). Box office analysts attributed Black Widow 's second-week decline to its Disney+ Premier Access release, as well as widely reported piracies of
17930-642: The pandemic. In South Korea, the film's opening day was the second-best of 2021, with $ 3.3 million, and Hong Kong had the best opening of the pandemic, with $ 3.2 million. The film had the largest opening day of the pandemic in Austria, the Czech Republic, Qatar, and Slovakia, while in Saudi Arabia, the film earned the highest opening day for a Disney release ever. It was the number one film on opening day in many other markets. As of October 2021,
18093-521: The payment of universal basic income (UBI). In 2021, he wrote a blog post titled, "Moore's Law for Everything," which stated his belief that within ten years' time, AI could generate $ 13,500 of yearly UBI in the United States. In 2024, he suggested a new kind of UBI called "universal basic compute" to give everyone a "slice" of ChatGPT's computing power. On November 18, 2024 San Francisco Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie named him to his transition team. Black Widow (2021 film)#Lawsuit Black Widow
18256-445: The pigs on the farm of Weisz's Melina Vostokoff , Wētā filmed live Kunekune pigs as reference for the digital pigs in the final shots. Industrial Light & Magic completed approximately 800 VFX shots for the film, working on the opening airplane escape scene, the Budapest apartment fight and subsequent motorcycle and car chase, and the fight between Romanoff and a group of Black Widows in Dreykov's office. The opening airplane scene
18419-470: The poses in the script. Ray Winstone joined the film's cast later in June, when filming took place on location in Budapest. 13 BMW X3s were used to create a car chase involving Romanoff and Belova in Budapest, with the crew often switching off the electronic stability control and safety assistance functions to be able to do what the script asked for. They also swapped the X3's electronic parking brake for
18582-532: The potential revenue loss from the simultaneous release could lead to long-term positives such as fans who otherwise would not have watched Marvel's series potentially discovering them when signing up for Disney+ to watch Black Widow . In July 2021, Johansson filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against The Walt Disney Company, alleging that the simultaneous release of Black Widow in theaters and on Disney+ breached
18745-408: The previous "final" trailer. Lussier said it was a trailer that "gets you excited for the return" of MCU films after the pandemic delays. Ethan Anderton of /Film said the free-falling fight with Taskmaster showcased in the trailer "looks like a sequence unlike any other" in the MCU. The trailer received over 70 million views in its first 24 hours. On July 5, Moneymaker: Behind the Black Widow ,
18908-517: The project and the rights reverted to Marvel Studios. Hayter and Marvel tried getting another financier to develop the project, but Hayter did not feel that they found another place "that was willing to take the movie, and the character, seriously". Hayter said this left him heartbroken, and he hoped the film would be made some day. Marvel Studios entered early talks with Emily Blunt to play Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (2010) in January 2009, but she
19071-576: The relationship between Romanoff and Belova. Josh Weiss of Syfy Wire enjoyed the trailer's quieter moments in addition to the expected action sequences. Mendelson found the trailer to be an improvement over the teaser, attributing this to its theme of "found families (the Avengers), forced families ([the Black Widows]) and actual family" portrayed by Pugh, Harbour, and Weisz. Disney's president of marketing Asad Ayaz said that after Black Widow
19234-511: The release schedule to accommodate this. Anthony D'Alessandro of Deadline Hollywood reported in September 2020 that Disney was considering rescheduling Black Widow again, with Variety also reporting this and attributing it to the low box office returns for Disney's Mulan in China and Warner Bros. ' Tenet in North America. Later that month, Disney pushed the release to May 7, 2021, rescheduling Eternals and Shang-Chi and
19397-532: The rest of the film. Early reports suggested that Rob Hardy would be the film's cinematographer, but he left the production before filming began. Gabriel Beristain served as cinematographer instead, having previously done so for the Marvel One-Shot short films Item 47 (2012) and Agent Carter (2013), for the television series Agent Carter (2015–2016), and for additional photography on Iron Man (2008) and six other MCU films. Beristain
19560-482: The return of Steve Huffman as CEO on July 10, 2015. He remained on its board until 2022. Altman invested in multiple rounds of funding Reddit, in 2014, 2015, and 2021. Prior to Reddit's initial public offering in 2024, Altman was listed as its third-largest shareholder, with around nine percent ownership. During the COVID-19 pandemic , Altman helped fund and create Project Covalence to help researchers rapidly launch clinical trials in partnership with TrialSpark,
19723-414: The score at Abbey Road Studios as the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact studio recording sessions. The film's opening credits sequence features a cover of Nirvana 's " Smells Like Teen Spirit " by Think Up Anger, featuring Malia J, which was suggested by Perception. " American Pie " by Don McLean and " Cheap Thrills " by Sia are also featured in the film. A soundtrack album featuring Balfe's score
19886-557: The series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), calling it "a wonderful example of a prequel that almost completely stands on its own... because it informs you about so many things you didn't know about before". In February 2019, Ned Benson was hired to rewrite the script, and Feige confirmed that, despite rumors, the studio did not want the film to receive an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association . The following month, Florence Pugh entered negotiations to join
20049-522: The simultaneous release, which was settled two months later. In 1995, super soldier Alexei Shostakov and Black Widow assassin Melina Vostokoff work as Russian undercover agents, posing as a family in Ohio with Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova as their daughters. They steal S.H.I.E.L.D. intel and escape to Cuba where their boss, General Dreykov , has Romanoff and Belova taken to
20212-426: The situation, and wanted the company to make it right with Johansson. SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris also condemned Disney's response, saying they "should be ashamed of themselves for resorting to tired tactics such as gender-shaming and bullying". In response to these criticisms, Disney attorney Daniel Petrocelli called the suit a "highly orchestrated [public relations] campaign to achieve an outcome that
20375-469: The studio said, 'We don't think it's time to do this movie.'" —David Hayter on his version of the film and why it failed to move forward In February 2004, Lionsgate acquired the film rights for the Marvel Comics character Black Widow , and in April announced David Hayter as writer and director of the film, with Marvel Studios ' Avi Arad producing. By June 2006, Lionsgate had dropped
20538-843: The summer of 2019, he had helped raise $ 1 billion from Microsoft. Altman testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law on May 16, 2023, about issues of AI oversight. After the success of ChatGPT , the company's chatbot application, Altman made a world tour in May 2023, during which he visited 22 countries and met multiple leaders and diplomats, including British prime minister Rishi Sunak , French president Emmanuel Macron , Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez , German chancellor Olaf Scholz , Indian prime minister Narendra Modi , South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol and Israeli president Isaac Herzog . He stood for
20701-550: The surrounding environment of sky and debris was created digitally. Cinesite primarily handled the Russian prison that Harbour's Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian is found in. Wētā FX created the mountain range that surrounds the prison, based on photography from Svalbard, Norway , as well as an avalanche. Wētā also created the Mil Mi-8 helicopter that is seen in that sequence, while Cinesite created it for other sequences. For
20864-444: The target would be. Shortland considered the setting of the scene, at Romanoff's grave in a remote clearing, to be a response to fans who were upset that Romanoff did not receive a funeral in Endgame . Shortland said the character was private and would not have wanted a large funeral, so this scene allowed the character's ending "to be the grief the individuals felt, rather than a big public outpouring". Shortland said in May 2021 that
21027-436: The third films in their MCU franchises— Civil War and Thor: Ragnarok (2017), respectively—as well as for Infinity War and Endgame . Despite The Hollywood Reporter claiming that their report had been confirmed by "multiple knowledgeable sources", Marvel Studios disputed its accuracy and said they "never publicly disclose salaries or deal terms". The Walt Disney Company later said Johansson had earned $ 20 million by
21190-457: The trailer compared to the styles of Jon Favreau , Joss Whedon, and the Russo brothers , all directors who helped define Black Widow in previous MCU films, indicating a move away from the MCU's "house style". What was intended to be the final trailer for the film debuted in March 2020. Nicole Carpenter of Polygon said it was the most in-depth look at the film yet with a more "intimate look" at
21353-570: The trailer's story and tone to the films Atomic Blonde (2017), Red Sparrow (2018), and Anna (2019), but felt Black Widow had a commercial advantage over those films since it stars a familiar character. Mendelson thought this familiarity could outweigh the teaser's focus on "family melodrama" over superheroics, which he compared to Marvel Studios' Thor (2011). The Hollywood Reporter ' s Richard Newby found noticeable differences in Shortland's shot composition and cinematography in
21516-452: The training typically taking one to two hours. Initially, the customization will be limited to text-based data. OpenAI's focus with this rollout is to reduce the complexity and effort required for businesses to tailor AI solutions to their needs, potentially increasing the adoption and effectiveness of AI in corporate environments. On July 18, 2024, OpenAI released a smaller and cheaper version, GPT-4o mini . According to OpenAI, its low cost
21679-444: The universe" at that time. While promoting Civil War the next April, Feige noted that due to Marvel's announced schedule of films for Phase Three of the MCU, any potential Black Widow film would be four or five years away. He added that Marvel was "creatively and emotionally" committed to making a Black Widow film eventually. Joss Whedon , the director of The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron , said in July 2016 that he
21842-451: The use of Sky while we address them." Scarlett Johansson starred in the sci-fi movie Her in 2013, playing the role of Samantha, an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice. As part of the promotion leading up to the release of GPT-4o, Sam Altman on May 13 tweeted a single word: "her". OpenAI claimed that each voice was based on the voice work of a hired actor. Specifically, OpenAI claimed "Sky’s voice
22005-422: The vials came from Budapest. There she finds Belova, who reveals that Dreykov is alive and the Red Room is still active. Widows and Taskmaster attack them, but Romanoff and Belova evade them and meet with Mason, who supplies them with a helicopter. Romanoff and Belova break Shostakov out of prison to learn Dreykov's location, and he directs them to Vostokoff, who lives on a farm outside Saint Petersburg . There she
22168-454: The voice talent was recruited before reaching out to Johansson. On May 21, Johansson issued a statement explaining that OpenAI had repeatedly offered to make her a deal to gain permission to use her voice as early as nine months prior to release, a deal she rejected. She said she was "shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell
22331-823: The week of September 30. Filming locations in Macon, including Terminal Station , were dressed to portray Albany, New York . Set photos from the start of October revealed that William Hurt would appear in the film, reprising his MCU role as Thaddeus Ross. Additional filming in Georgia took place in Atlanta and Rome . Also in early October, filming took place in Tangier , Morocco , with local production services provided by Zak Productions. Principal photography lasted for 87 days and officially wrapped on October 6, 2019. Matthew Schmidt and Leigh Folsom Boyd served as editors on
22494-460: Was accused of lying when claiming to have been unaware of the equity cancellation provision for departing employees that don't sign the agreement. Also in May, former board member Helen Toner explained the board's rationale for firing Altman in November 2023. She stated that Altman had withheld information, for example about the release of ChatGPT and his ownership of OpenAI's startup fund. She also alleged that two executives in OpenAI had reported to
22657-526: Was also reflected in interior scenes, lighting from outside the set or using lights with strong diffusion to create the same effect. An anamorphic format was chosen to highlight the expansive movements and landscapes in the film, with a special system used that split the camera's image sensor from its body to help with this approach. The production moved to Pinewood Studios in London in early June. Shortland hired someone to help Johansson and Pugh bond through trust exercises and other bonding activities, but
22820-532: Was cast in the role for several MCU films beginning with Iron Man 2 (2010), and began discussing a solo film with Marvel. Work began in late 2017 and Shortland was hired in July 2018. Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson contributed to the script before Pearson joined. The film was written to be a prequel that expands on Romanoff's history and helps end her MCU story following the character's death in Avengers: Endgame (2019). Shortland put an emphasis on
22983-440: Was contractually obligated to return. A scene of Romanoff wearing underwear and a T-shirt that Shortland enjoyed due to "how sexy [Johansson] is [when] she's in control" was cut from the film because test audiences criticized the scene as using the " male gaze ". Black Widow is one of the few Marvel films to feature an opening credits sequence, which Feige explained was because Shortland felt strongly about exploring what Dreykov
23146-553: Was created with half of an airplane rig on a hydraulic platform. Footage filmed on location in Atlanta was played on LED screens on the soundstage to create interactive lighting for the actors on set. To create the Budapest scenes, ILM worked with second unit director Darren Prescott. Romanoff and Belova's chase across the rooftops was a combination of practical and visual effects, while scenes involving smokestacks were created using virtual actors . The car chase scene in Budapest features
23309-426: Was delayed from its original May 2020 release date, the marketing team paused their campaign for the film. Once they began working towards a new release date in 2021, they were able to use character looks and story points they had not revealed in the initial campaign to build a new approach to the film. Ayaz explained that they did not want it to feel like they had returned to the same marketing campaign, which focused on
23472-449: Was established with the goal of promoting and developing friendly AI for the benefit of humanity. The organization was initially funded with $ 1 billion in commitments from its founders and other investors, including Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. In September 2016, Altman announced his expanded role as president of YC Group, which included Y Combinator and other units. In March 2019, YC announced Altman's transition from president to
23635-427: Was hired during pre-production to rewrite the film's script again. He ultimately received sole screenwriter credit, with Schaeffer and Benson receiving story credits. Shortland and Johansson had decided to take inspiration from the television series The Americans (2013–2018), which is about a Russian undercover spy family, by introducing Romanoff's own "family" of Russian spies including Belova. When Pearson joined
23798-451: Was influenced by Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), in which Romanoff would have been planted in a high school to assassinate a target and then 20 years later attends a high school reunion where she has to deal with the fallout of her earlier actions. The pitch heavily featured the character She-Hulk , and Marvel Studios executive Brad Winderbaum felt Gao was instead pitching a She-Hulk film that featured Black Widow. Gao would later be hired as
23961-402: Was initially not credited in Black Widow 's trailers, as pointed out by Jeff Sneider at Collider who wondered if contractual obstacles were to blame for Marvel not crediting the cinematographer at that point. Sneider felt Beristain would be credited in later marketing materials, and his hiring was confirmed in the film's official press advance. Beristein later confirmed that he joined
24124-548: Was invited to attend the Bilderberg Meeting in 2016, 2022 , and 2023 . Walter Isaacson opined that Altman had "Musk-like intensity" and that it had been instrumental in the founding of OpenAI in partnership with Elon Musk . In late February 2024 Musk sued OpenAI and Altman, alleging they broke the company’s founding agreement by giving priority to profit over benefit to humanity. A few days later OpenAI executives, including Altman, dismissed these claims in
24287-606: Was later identified as Helen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Olivier Richters portrays Ursa Major , a fellow inmate of Shostakov's. The film's post-credits scene sees Julia Louis-Dreyfus reprising her role as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine from the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) in an uncredited cameo appearance . Jeremy Renner reprises his MCU role as Clint Barton in an uncredited voice-only cameo. "What I tried to do
24450-461: Was made to look like a Russian farmstead, with added helicopter crash sites. The Thursley Parish Council objected to this filming, as it had occurred while Marvel Studios' application to use the site was still pending. The production planned to revisit the site in late August for further filming. Black Widow was officially announced at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con later in July, with a release date of May 1, 2020, revealed alongside roles for some of
24613-607: Was open to directing a Black Widow film. He liked the idea of making it a paranoid spy thriller that was " John le Carré on crack". In October, Johansson discussed the potential film being a prequel, saying, "you can bring it back to Russia. You could explore the Widow program. There's all kinds of stuff that you could do with it." She cautioned that she may not want to wear a "skin-tight catsuit" for much longer. The next February, Johansson said she would dedicate herself to making any potential Black Widow film "amazing. It would have to be
24776-466: Was opposed to a hybrid release for the film. If the film was delayed again, the film distribution industry believed Disney would move it to July 9, 2021, which at that point was the release date for Shang-Chi . Chapek reiterated the next month that Disney planned to release Black Widow in theaters on May 7, while Deadline Hollywood again noted the possibilities of delaying the film, releasing it simultaneously on Disney+, or releasing it in theaters for
24939-454: Was quickly noticed. On May 14, Entertainment Weekly asked themselves whether this likeness was on purpose. On May 18, Johansson's husband, Colin Jost , joked about the similarity in a segment on Saturday Night Live . On May 20, 2024, OpenAI disabled the Sky voice, issuing a statement saying "We've heard questions about how we chose the voices in ChatGPT, especially Sky. We are working to pause
25102-457: Was released digitally by Marvel Music and Hollywood Records on July 9, 2021. The film was officially announced at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con by Feige, Shortland, and members of the cast. They discussed the film and introduced footage from the first 30 days of production. Some of that footage was included in a teaser trailer for the film that was released in December, with several commentators highlighting its spy thriller tone and calling
25265-539: Was screened at the Taormina Film Fest on July 3, and was released in the United States on July 9, simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access for US$ 30 . It premiered in 46 territories over the course of its first weekend. In the U.S. it opened in 4,100 theaters, with 375 in IMAX, over 800 in premium large formats, 1,500 in 3D , and 275 in specialty D-Box , 4DX , and ScreenX theaters. In IMAX screenings, approximately 22 minutes of
25428-401: Was still in development. Vulture contributor Chris Lee opined that not having any planned appearances in future MCU projects might have influenced Johansson's decision to move forward with filing the lawsuit. Disney issued a statement in response to the suit, saying it had "no merit whatsoever" and that Johansson had shown a "callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of
25591-422: Was the best preview night and opening day since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Its total weekend gross was $ 80.4 million, making it the top film of the weekend. This was the largest box office opening since the COVID-19 pandemic began, surpassing F9 's opening of $ 70 million, and the largest opening weekend since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). The domestic gross
25754-524: Was the number one film in nearly all of these markets, including the markets in the Asia Pacific region where it opened—excluding Japan, where it was third —and all markets in the Latin America region. Black Widow had the top pandemic opening weekend in 15 European markets. IMAX accounted for $ 4.8 million of the weekend gross, from 59 countries, 11 of which set opening weekend records for
25917-450: Was the one who had approached her about directing the film; Shortland was hired in July, and watched all of Romanoff's MCU appearances in preparation for making the film. The Hollywood Reporter reported in October 2018 that Johansson would earn $ 15 million for the film, an increase from the "low-seven figure salary" that she earned for starring in The Avengers . Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth each earned $ 15 million for
26080-431: Was the only film to surpass $ 100 million in domestic consumer spend on opening weekend since the start of the pandemic, and it marked the third largest opening ever for an MCU origin film behind Black Panther ($ 202 million) and Captain Marvel ($ 153.4 million). Following its opening weekend, Black Widow posted the largest non-holiday Monday ($ 7.16 million) and Tuesday ($ 7.6 million) gross in
26243-531: Was unable to take the role due to a previous commitment to star in Gulliver's Travels (2010). In March 2009, Scarlett Johansson signed on to play Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, with her deal including options for multiple films. In September 2010, while promoting the home media release of Iron Man 2 , Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige stated that discussions with Johansson had already taken place regarding
26406-499: Was use the backdrop of the splintered Soviet Empire —a lawless insane asylum with 400-some odd nuclear missile silos. It was all about loose nukes, and I felt it was very timely and very cool. Unfortunately, as I was coming up on the final draft, a number of female vigilante movies came out. We had Tomb Raider and Kill Bill , which were the ones that worked, but then we had BloodRayne and Ultraviolet and Æon Flux . Æon Flux didn't open well, and three days after it opened,
26569-520: Was within some of the pre-release projections for the film, but it was below some updated industry projections that were made during the weekend after the opening night and preview grosses were known; Deadline Hollywood partially attributed this to the film's availability on Disney+ with Premier Access. When the $ 80.4 million theatrical gross was combined with the domestic Premier Access revenue of $ 55 million, totaling over $ 135.4 million for its opening weekend, Disney noted that Black Widow
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