Social media has recently been flooded with images that looked like they belonged in a Studio Ghibli film. Selfies, family photos and even memes have been re-imagined with the soft pastel palette characteristic of the Japanese animation company founded by Hayao Miyazaki.

OpenAI’s new AI image-generation tool, 4o, has caused a mix of outrage and excitement in the tech world. The tool is a very smart upgrade available to subscribers of the paid, pro version of ChatGPT.

The recent emergence of ChatGPT's new capability to produce images in the whimsical style of Studio Ghibli has captivated fans and artists alike, yet it simultaneously raises critical concerns surrounding copyright and ethical implications in the realm of artificial intelligence.