ChatGPT's AI Image Generator Sparks Copyright Debate
2025-03-27
ChatGPT's new AI image generator has gone viral, with users creating Studio Ghibli-style images and sparking a copyright debate. The tool can mimic the styles of specific studios, like Studio Ghibli, even transforming uploaded images into the chosen style. This functionality, similar to Google Gemini's AI image feature, raises concerns about copyright infringement, as it easily recreates the styles of copyrighted works. While legal experts argue that style itself isn't copyrighted, the datasets used to train the model may be problematic, leaving the issue in a legal gray area. OpenAI stated it allows mimicking broad styles, not individual artists', but this doesn't fully resolve the controversy.