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ChatGPT's new AI image generator is being used to create memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, reigniting copyright concerns.

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, the cult-favorite Japanese animation studio behind blockbuster films such as “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away.”

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. Users seem to be uploading existing images and pictures into ChatGPT and asking the chatbot to re-create it in new styles.

  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Copium ITT. You can’t put the genie back in the bottle guys, not sure how long it’s going to take to sink in for you all. You guys realize you can run these bots on your home computer, no Internet connection required? How do you plan to stop that?

    • InevitableList@beehaw.org
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      4 months ago

      These AI models require huge amounts of electricity. If governments wanted to they could destroy their ability to operate, like when China banned bitcoin mining.

      • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
        1·
        4 months ago

        Some do, some don’t. Stable Diffusion isn’t any worse than an intensive game.