ALBAWABA – Last week, millions of users around the world used the new Ghibli-style feature released by ChatGPT. The AI chatbot recorded high usage numbers after the release.
Ghibli style on ChatGPT
Last week, OpenAI, the American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization, released a new Ghibli-style feature on the ChatGPT AI chatbot.
Notably, Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo. It has a strong presence in the animation industry and has expanded its portfolio to include various media such as short subjects, television commercials and two television films.
The Ghibli release led to a surge in millions of users on the application over the past week. Users used the AI chatbot to create images and shared them across various social media platforms worldwide.
App downloads saw an increase of about 5% in the US and 11% globally, while in-app purchases grew by 6%. (Shutterstock)
According to Similarweb, a global software development and data aggregation company, the popular ChatGPT platform recorded over 150 million active users in the past week.
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, stated: “We added one million users in the last hour. We are getting things under control, but you should expect new releases from OpenAI to be delayed, stuff to break, and for service to sometimes be slow as we deal with capacity challenges.”
Remarkably, the application recorded its highest numbers yet for active users, in-app subscriptions, and downloads. App downloads saw an increase of about 5% in the US and 11% globally, while in-app purchases grew by 6%.
Copyrights and other issues
After the recent Ghubli buzz on ChatGPT, concerns about copyrights were raised. "The legal landscape of AI-generated images mimicking Studio Ghibli's distinctive style is an uncertain terrain. Copyright law has generally protected only specific expressions rather than artistic styles themselves," stated Evan Brown, partner at law firm Neal McDevitt.
However, Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animator, filmmaker, and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, made negative comments about AI-generated artwork back in 2016.
“I am utterly disgusted, I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all,” stated Miyazaki.
