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# OpenAI’s viral Studio Ghibli moment highlights AI copyright concerns

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

ChatGPT's new AI image generator, which can create images in the style of Studio Ghibli, has sparked a wave of social media memes and renewed copyright concerns. This occurs amid similar developments from Google, with debates around the legality of such tools continuing. OpenAI's CEO has even made a Studio Ghibli-style image his profile picture using the new feature. While style is not explicitly protected by copyright, the legality of training models on copyrighted works remains unresolved in court.

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