Studio Ghibli is one of the most recognized animation studies in the world. He has inspired filmmakers and public for the past 30 years with stories with visual quality.
Under the brilliant direction of Hayao Miyazaki animation directors and Isao Takahata, and producer Toshio Suzuki, study films are known by timeless classics as My neighbor Totoro, Kiki: home deliveries and pony; And they have won countless international awards, including an Oscar for the best animated film for Chihir’s tripOy The boy and the chozaas well as five additional Oscar nominations for The traveling castle, the wind rises, the story of Princess Kaguya, the memory of Marnie and the red turtle.
In the last hours this study has gone viral because The OpenAI companyThrough Chatgpt, he launched a simple way to transform images launched a new update to generate images with styles of different animation studies, including – and the most popular— Studio Ghibli.
Chatgpt is a platform that works with artificial intelligence and allows generating text and images from written indications. Through simple commands users can create illustrations. The function became popular after Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAi showed how simple it was to create these images.
The use of this technology impressed users And they began to transform different images of their favorite characters, as well as personal images. For now, the free version has limited this to be done. OpenAI temporarily suspended this function due to the increase in demand for this service.
Chatgpt It is not the only one that works in this generation of content and images. Midjourney, Dall · e and Stable Diffusionthey also offer similar services.
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Could you demand for the use of Studio Ghibli -style images?
In social networks there have been some criticisms about the use of artificial intelligence and these images of Studio Ghibli.
There is talk of a concern because technology is used without the consent of the original creators. Although some defend the fact that the technology of these new options.
Infobae He replied the comment of Colombian journalist Laura Camila Vargas who said in her X.
For now, Studio Ghibli representatives have not commented. It is not known whether or not they gave authorization for the use of their style.
It has been said that on one occasion Miyazaki said he would not want to integrate the AI to his work. “I feel it is an insult to life itself,” he said.
Artists, athletes and different personalities have made use of this new modality. Even Chayanne It is among those who have made their version.
Carlos Galindo, Guatemalan lawyer and notary and digital marketing expert He explains that copyright are a topic that changes in each country. International organizations such as the OECD, the UN and the G7 have published principles of AI, but these do not impose legal obligations on companies. In principle, these initiatives encourage coherence between the members of each organization, but in practice this does not seem to have worked. “The result is that it is a controversy and that what is not prohibited is possible to do it “he explains.
“Artificial intelligence is growing and evolves rapid, so it is possible that a regulation is updated or generated both in countries and internationally,” Galindo adds. The expert adds that the visual arts artist could be affected by this technology.
Time De Colombia also published that the doctor in Law, Carlos Andrés García, explains that “Studio Ghibli’s animation style is not protected by copyright as such, but his specific works are.” The characters, works, films, specific designs, can be protected by the laws that regulate copyright, but the animation style is more abstract and difficult to legally protect.
The problem occurs if characters, scenes or landscapes of productions are used. The expert recommends using creations only for personal purposes and not to advertise a brand or product.
In danger privacy
Galindo explains that one of the problems is that people through applications send their personal data and photographs and that this can be misused.
According to him General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) of the European Unionloading a photo on the platform, an explicit consent is given to the company to use that information, which gives it greater freedom than if it simply extracted images of the Internet under the argument of “legitimate interest”.
This means that Although Openai says it does not store the photos permanently, the data could be used to improve their artificial intelligence models.
In addition, if the uploaded image contains sensitive information – as recognizable faces, locations or personal details – there is a risk that they are exposed or analyzed by the system. Chatgpt itself admits this danger when consulting directly.
Although the chatbot of AI states that the platform is designed to protect privacy, It recommends avoiding sharing content that you can compromise user safety.
Has also aroused the debate to recognize that intensive use From this image creation function it has an environmental impact.