Animated films, such as those of the famous Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, are not hurried. The complicated signatures and attention for each detail can ensure a slow, possibly years of process.
Or you could easily ask chatgpt to get a facsimile of the work of Mr. from every old photo in a few seconds. Miyazaki.
Many people did exactly this week after OpenAi had released an update from Chatgpt on Tuesday that improved the technology for image generation. Now a user who asks the platform to display an image in the style of Studio Ghibli, to show a photo that would not be out of place in the films “My Neighbor Totoro” or “Spirited Away”.
On social media, users quickly started posting images in Ghibli style. They varied from selfies and family photos to memes. Some used the new function of chatgpt to create renderings of violent or dark images, such as the World Trade Center Towers that fall on 11 September and the murder of George Floyd.
Sam Altman, the director of OpenAi, turned his profile photo on X into a ghiblified image of himself and placed a joke about the sudden popularity of the filter and how it had overtaken his previous, apparently more important work.
Kouka Webb, a dietician who lives in Tribeca, changed photos of her wedding in Studio Ghibli-like frames. Mrs. Webb, who is 28 and grew up in Japan, said that herself and her husband were stylized in such a way, was surprisingly moving.
“My Japanese mother died and I just feel really homesick,” she said. “I found a lot of joy in making those images. It was just a fun way to make memories in a format with which I grew up.”
She placed the photos on Tiktok, where she said she had received criticism from some commentators for the use of artificial intelligence instead of hiring a human artist.
Some users have also expressed concern about the use of the function-generating function. In a 2016 documentary, Mr. Miyazaki Ai called 'an insult to life itself'. A clip from the film circulated on X after the sudden popularity of the filter. (Studio Ghibli-inspired AI art is popular in the past, but the newest OpenAI offer is perhaps the most realistic iteration of Mr Miyazaki's style so far.)
As AI platforms have become more powerful and popular, the growing number of people in creative areas, including writers, actors, musicians and visual artists, have similar frustrations.
“For many people who have stolen our art, they do not consider it something personal: 'Oh, well, you know, it's just a style; you cannot do a style of a style of copyright,” “Jonathan Lam, a storyboard artist who works in video games and animation, told the New York Times at the end of 2022 in the end of the end of the end of the end of the end of the end of the end of the end of the end of the end of 2022, another one another one another one Image generating platform. It is what distinguishes us from each other. It is what makes us sellable to customers. “
In 2024, a group of more than 10,000 actors and musicians, including the writer Kazuo Ishiguro, the actor Julianne Moore and the musician Thom Yorke van Radiohead, an open letter that uses the “use of creative works” to train AI models, including chatgpt, signed.
(The New York Times has filed a copyright infringement against OpenAI and his partner, Microsoft, accused of using published work without permission to train artificial intelligence. They have denied those claims.)
Emily Berganza, a 32-year-old sculptor who lives in Long Island City, said she used Chatgpt to take different memes in Ghibli-style photos. She was impressed by the accuracy and detail, but said that she was also worried about what the rise of such technology meant creative work and considered a 'threat'.
By Thursday, Mrs. Berganza said that Chatgpt seemed to have tightened the limitations on which images users could have.
“Our goal is to give users as much creative freedom as possible,” said Taya Christianson, a spokeswoman for OpenAi, in an e -mail statement. “We continue to prevent generations in the style of individual living artists, but we allow wider studio styles – those people have used to generate and share some really delicious and inspired original fan realizations.”
Mrs. Christianson also pointed to OpenAi's description of his latest update, who said the platform “had chosen to follow a conservative approach” with his latest update for image generation.
“I still formulate some kind of thoughts about how it affects the future for many of these artists and illustrators,” said Mrs. Berganza. “But again, I also have to be open to the concept of how this will be integrated into our society.” She said she didn't want to fall behind.
