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March 18, 2026
ChatGPT users are Ghibli-fying anything and everything
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TL;DR
- Users are generating AI images in the style of Studio Ghibli using OpenAI's 'Images for ChatGPT'.
- The trend began with personal portraits and pet photos but quickly evolved to recreating historical events and public figures, including 9/11 and JFK's assassination.
- OpenAI's guidelines are flexible, allowing generation in broader studio styles and depictions of adult public figures, while prohibiting direct imitation of living artists.
- Despite some restrictions, users are finding ways to bypass filters to generate controversial images, with a website compiling many of these AI-generated works.
- Hayao Miyazaki himself has expressed strong disapproval of AI-generated art, calling it an 'insult to life itself'.
- OpenAI has faced numerous copyright disputes and legal challenges related to the use of copyrighted material and celebrity likenesses in training its models.
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