Ghibli effect: ChatGPT usage hits record after rollout of viral feature

‘Future Boy Conan,’ Hayao Miyazaki’s Directorial Debut, Is Finally Coming to Streaming

Before Hayao Miyazaki was a beloved film auteur responsible for classics like “Princess Mononoke” and new masterpieces like “The Boy and the Heron,” the Studio Ghibli co-founder was a veteran of the early Japanese TV anime industry, working as a storyboard and key animation artist for shows like “Lupin III.” And, while most call 1979’s Lupin film “The Castle of Cagliostro” Miyazaki’s directorial debut, the honor actually belongs to “Future Boy C…

Ghibli effect: ChatGPT usage hits record after rollout of viral feature

The viral trend saw users from across the globe flood social media with images based on the hand-drawn style of the famed Japanese animation outfit.

Is your ChatGPT-powered Ghibli-style portrait destroying the planet?

The demand was so overwhelming that OpenAI was forced to cap image generations at three per day per user, citing infrastructure stress. Altman followed up days later with an exhausted plea: “Can y’all please chill on generating images, this is insane. Our team needs sleep.”But why would a simple animated selfie bring one of the world’s most advanced AI systems to its knees?

Ghibli Effect: Average Weekly Active ChatGPT Users Cross 150 Million Mark

The frenzy to create Ghibli-style AI art using ChatGPT's image-generation tool led to a record surge in users for OpenAI's chatbot last week, straining its servers and temporarily limiting the feature's usage. The viral trend saw users from across the globe flood social media with images based on the hand-drawn style of the famed Japanese animation outfit, Studio Ghibli, founded by renowned director Hayao Miyazaki and known for movies such as "S…

Ghibli Effect: ChatGPT Usage Hits Record After Rollout of Viral Feature

The frenzy to create Ghibli-style AI art using ChatGPT's image-generation tool led to a record surge in users for OpenAI's chatbot last week, straining its servers and temporarily limiting the feature's usage.The viral trend saw users from across the globe flood social media with images based on the hand-drawn style of the famed Japanese animation outfit, Studio Ghibli, founded by renowned director Hayao Miyazaki and known for movies such as "Sp…