OpenAI’s Studio Ghibli Style Generated Images Flood Social Media with Memes
- OpenAI’s GPT-4o image generation tool has flooded social media with memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, forcing OpenAI to implement a rate limit on image requests.
- The newly improved tool allows users to generate images in various styles, including realistic ones that can be taken in many directions.
- Users can now easily recreate copyrighted works by typing a text prompt into ChatGPT, making it easier for them to create memes and other content.
- The increased demand on OpenAI’s GPUs has caused “our GPUs are melting,” according to CEO Sam Altman, highlighting the tool’s growing popularity.
- OpenAI is now limiting image generation requests to prevent overloading their systems and ensuring that the tool remains available for users.
IBL News | New York
AI-generated memes in the style of Studio Ghibli—the cult-favorite Japanese animation studio behind films such as “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away”—are flooding social media, forcing OpenAI to put a rate limit on image generation requests, according to CEO Sam Altman.
“It’s super fun seeing people love images in ChatGPT, but our GPUs are melting,” he posted on X today.
The newly improved image generation of GPT-4o, released this week, is resulting in creations that are more realistic than before, and even users can take them in any number of directions.
Usually, users upload existing images and pictures into ChatGPT and ask the chatbot to recreate them in new styles. OpenAI’s and Google’s latest tools make it easier than ever to re-create the styles of copyrighted works — simply by typing a text prompt.
— Moon Parameter (@ParamMoon) March 26, 2025
studio ghibli is out, dr seuss is in pic.twitter.com/4ECxwLLkoj
— Jordi Hays (@jordihays) March 26, 2025