Headline, April 15 2025/ A.I. : ''' MIMIC ANIMATION MIRES '''

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''' MIMIC ANIMATION MIRES '''

'' ITCHY BOOTS " : THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY rises to honour '' Itchy Boots '' with a standing ovation. Had it not been for her - we would never have known very much about Togo, Benin, or say, the state of the continent of Africa.

ANIMATED MOVIES - like those from the famed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, are not made in a hurry. The intricate hand drawings and attention paid to every single detail can make for a slow, potentially yearslong process.

OR, you could simply ask ChatGPT to turn any old photo into a facsimile of Mr. Miyazaki's work in just a few seconds.

Many people did precisely that after OpenAI released an update to ChatGPT last month that improved its image generating technology. Now, a student / user who asks the platform to render an image in the style of Studio Ghibli, which Mr. Miyazaki co-founded, could be shown a picture that would not look out of place in the films '' My Neighbor Totoro '' or '' Spirited Away. ''

On social media, users quickly began posting Ghibli-style images. They ranged from selfies and family photos to memes. Some used ChatGPT's new feature to create renderings of violent or dark images, like the World Trade Center towers falling on Sept. 11 and the murder of George Floyd.

Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, changed his profile picture on X to a Ghiblified image of himself and posted a joke about the filter's sudden popularity and how it had overtaken his previous, seemingly more important work.

Kosika Webb, a dietician who lives in TriBeCa, New York City, turned photos from her wedding into Studio Ghibli-esque frames. Ms. Webb, who is 28 and grew up in Japan, said seeing herself and her husband stylized in such way was surprisingly moving.

'' My Japanese mother passed away and I just feel really homesick,'' she said.

'' I found a lot of joy in making those images. It was just a fun way to turn memories into a format that I grew up with.''

She posted the photos on TikTok where she said she had received criticism from some commenters for not commissioning a human artist.

Online, some users have also voiced concerns about the use of image generating feature. In a 2016 documentary, Mr. Miyazaki called A.I. '' an insult to life itself. '' A clip from the film circulated on X after the filter's sudden popularity.

[ Studio Ghibli-inspired A.I. art has been popular in the past, but the latest OpenAI offering is perhaps the most realistic iteration of Mr. Miyazaki's style yet.]

As A.I. platforms have become more powerful, a growing number of people in creative fields, including writers, actors, musicians and visual artists, have expressed similar frustrations.

'' To a lot of people, having our art stolen, they don't view it as anything personal - like, '' Oh, well, you know, it's just just a style ; you can't copyright a style, ' '' Jonathan Lam, a storyboard artist who works in video games and animation, told The New York Times in late 2022 when discussing Lensa AI, a different image-generating platform.

'' But I would argue that for us, our style is actually our identity. It's what sets us apart from each other. It is what makes us marketable to clients.

The Honour and Serving of the Latest Global Operational Research on A.I. Animation, and Styles, continues. The World Students Society thanks Madison, Malone Kircher.

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