These debates have intensified so much that Japanese lawmakers are now considering making such Ghiblified content illegal.
Under the current interpretation of the law, just how legal is it?
ImaiaskedHirohika Nakahara, the director-general for Japans Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Strategy.
Ultimately, that is something for courts to decide, Nakahara replied.
But copyright infringement is only one dimension to these rising criticisms.
More potent are Hayao Miyazakis own principles, which have guided Studio Ghiblis artistic ethos for decades.
Im utterly disgusted, Miyazaki said.
I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.
I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
This has long been understood as Miyazakis stance on AI-generated art and animation.
Jason Zhao, the co-founder of the AI-powered IP tokenization platform Story, shares a similar sentiment in theObserver.
Its a failure to recognize the value of creative identity in the digital age.
In recent weeks, ChatGPT-generated images in Studio Ghiblis signature style have swarmed the Internet.
It’s been 24 hours since OpenAI unexpectedly shook the AI image world with 4o image generation.
Here are the 14 most mindblowing examples so far (100% AI-generated):
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Not into this one bit.
