Signups for ChatGPT hit 1 million in an hour on Monday. This follows the launch of a new image-generation feature that simulates the artwork of Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki has been outspoken in his disdain for AI-generated art.

OpenAI shipped image-generation capabilities to ChatGPT. The capabilities are powered by the AI firm's GPT-4o model, allowing users to generate images from scratch based on text prompts or transform existing images to meet their preference.

ChatGPT updates will be delayed because of interest in new features, OpenAI boss Sam Altman warns - Chief executive had previously said interest in new image tool meant its computers were ‘melting’

FOX 5's Teresa Priolo spoke with Robert Greener, an intellectual property lawyer, who suggests the tool is no different than if a single person created an animation that emulated the Studio Ghibli style.

The craze for AI-generated Studio Ghibli-style anime images by ChatGPT seems unending after a week since the trend took over the internet by storm. While OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman boasted about adding a million users in just one hour on March 31,

Social media has recently been flooded with images that looked like they belonged in a Studio Ghibli film. Selfies, family photos and even memes have been re-imagined with the soft pastel palette characteristic of the Japanese animation company founded by Hayao Miyazaki.