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Can the Japanese government make AI-generated Ghibli images illegal?


Politicians discuss the sudden surge in “Ghibli-style” AI-generated images.

AI-generated images are already a highly divisive topic, with detractors asserting that removing the human element from the creative process disqualifies the pictures produced from being actual art. It’s difficult to pin down an exact definition of what kind of images qualify as “Ghibli itself” since the studio’s style is, in fact, an amalgamation of many artists sharing certain overall design sensibilities. So for the time being, at least, there’s no legal challenge coming from the Japanese government to stop ChatGPT from spitting out “Ghibli-style” images, leaving Ghibli fans opposed to them few options other than refraining from engaging with them and supporting human-made artwork instead.

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