He never mentioned her by name, he pointed out how the AI demo OpenAI created is similar to the _character_ from Her.
If you don't want to be linked to a character forever, maybe don't act? It's just such a ridiculous statement to make. Like making an argument that no one should talk about Obi Wan because Alec Guinness didn't like being recognized from Star Wars.
Are you a mind-reader, or how do you know that that was all he intended?