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

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March 27, 2025, 2:42 PM

• •OpenAI's new tool, Images for ChatGPT, can generate images in the style of Hayao Miyazaki's work at Studio Ghibli.
• •The tool has been used to create anime photos of 9/11, JFK's assassination, and other sensitive topics.
• •OpenAI says it is not blocking the model's capability to depict adult public figures or violence in artistic or fictional contexts, but users should only upload materials to its services that they own or have the rights to use.

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 trend kicked off pretty wholesomely. Couples transformed portraits, pet owners generated cartoonish cats, and many people are busily Ghibli-fying their families. It didn't take long for the trend to go full chaos mode. Nothing is sacred: the Twin Towers on 9/11, JFK's assassination, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang signing a woman's chest, President Donald Trump's infamous group photo with Jeffrey Epstein, and even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's congressional testimony have all been reimagined with that distinctive Ghibli whimsy.

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