ChatGPT is turning everything into Studio Ghibli art — and it got weird fast

AI-generated images have made significant progress since the days of abstract renderings and glitchy amalgamations. OpenAI’s newly released “Images for ChatGPT” has an uncanny ability to nail depth, shadows, and even text. It’s unleashed a frenzy of people recreating a familiar style: Hayao Miyazaki’s work at Studio Ghibli. The art style was already ubiquitous across the internet, thanks to its comforting, soft aesthetic (just look at Lofi girl) — and now, it’s a fully automated formula. The guidelines for Images with ChatGPT are surprisingly flexible about producing this kind of content. “The model can generate images that resemble the aesthetics of some artists’ work when their name is used in the prompt,” according to the GPT-4o system card. “We added a refusal which triggers when a user attempts to generate an image in the style of a living artist.” (It’s worth noting that Miyazaki is, indeed, still alive.) OpenAI spokesperson Taya Christianson told The Verge that the company isn ... Read full article.