It’s only been a day since ChatGPT’s new AI image generator went live, and social media feeds are already flooded with AI-generated memes in the style of Studio Ghibli. In the last 24 hours, we’ve seen AI-generated images representing Studio Ghibli versions of Elon Musk, “The Lord of the Rings“, and President Donald Trump. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman even seems to have made his new profile picture a Studio Ghibli-style image, presumably made with GPT-4o’s native image generator. OpenAI’s latest update comes on the heels of Google’s release of a similar AI image feature in its Gemini Flash model. OpenAI’s and Google’s latest tools make it easier than ever to re-create the styles of copyrighted works — simply by typing a text prompt. But the real concern lies in how these AI tools are trained to imitate styles. Are these companies training on copyrighted works, and if so, does that violate copyright law? Read more on OpenAI’s viral Studio Ghibli moment highlighting AI copyright concerns at the link in the bio 👆 Article by Maxwell Zeff Image Credits: Eugene Gologursky/The New York Times / Getty Images #TechCrunch #technews #artificialintelligence #OpenAI #ChatGPT