OpenAI's Ghibli-Style AI Trend Faces Backlash Over Copyright and Privacy Concerns

As viral social media use overloads OpenAI's servers, criticism grows over ethical and legal issues tied to AI-generated art.

OpenAI's new image-generation feature, launched March 25, allows users to create artwork in the style of Studio Ghibli, sparking a global social media trend.
Artists and copyright advocates argue that the feature devalues human creativity and violates intellectual property, as it replicates iconic styles without proper licensing.
Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli's co-founder, has long criticized AI-generated art, calling it 'an insult to life itself' in earlier statements.
Privacy concerns have emerged as users upload personal photos to OpenAI's platform, potentially expanding its training datasets without explicit consent.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has urged users to moderate their activity after the viral trend caused server overloads, highlighting the strain on the platform's infrastructure.