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Johansson publicly feuded with OpenAI last year, after the ChatGPT maker released a voice assistant that sounded spookily similar to Johansson's heard-but-not-seen companion Samantha in the 2013 sci-fi film "Her."

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025

In Washington, D.C., the president is holed up in the White House; in a spookily depopulated New York, desperate people wait for water rations.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Its arc looks spookily like that of the 2022 Bentley Flying Spur, achieving liftoff by the Rainbow Bridge, its driver helplessly slamming on the brakes.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2023

Also interviewed was her agent Jon Roseman, who inconveniently had written a crime novel detailing a spookily similar scene.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

Behind the counter, the chair comes to a slow stop but continues to spin, spookily.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi