OpenAI released a new version of their image generation technology, and people are using it to recreate memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio behind acclaimed films like Spirited Away, The Boy and The Heron, and The Wind Rises.

Given his commitment to the human touch in animation, and his description of AI as an "insult of life itself", many argue that the AI trend is an insult to everything Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli stand for.

The internet has become a Studio Ghibli-inspired playground. Admirers of the Japanese animation studio are using a new update from ChatGPT to create portraits and memes inspired by the distinct artistic style popularized by filmmaker and studio co-creator Hayao Miyazaki.