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OpenAI's move to allow generating "Ghibly stlye" images isn't just a cute PR stunt. It is an expression of dominance and the will to reject and refuse democratic values. It is a display of power (tante.cc)
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[โ€“] FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Right, but the point I'm trying to ask about is whether they're treating Ghibli specially here. People are reacting as if OpenAI is thumbing its nose specifically at Miyazaki here, whereas the impression I've got is that they simply opened the floodgates and dropped restrictions on styling in general.

Style has never been covered by copyright to begin with, so any concerns they might have had about being sued over style would have always been erring on the side of caution. They may simply think that the legal environment has calmed down enough that they won't be inundated with frivolous lawsuits any more.

[โ€“] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

They loosened moderation on style-based prompts. That's the 'real' story. The End. But...

...some users on Reddit/X (hard to pin down exactly where, as these things go) made it a meme to 'Ghibli-fy' images because it is easy now (despite being trivially easy to do in ComfyUI for over a year) and then, in an attempt to monetize the meme/outrage, """news websites""" started producing articles like this one were written using old quotes to imply that there is some sort of ongoing drama between OpenAI and Studio Ghibli.

It's just manufactured drama built on Internet memes and outrage farming media sites.