The viral trend of Ghibli style images generated by Chatgpt has saturated OpenAi servers, who are now bordering on technical saturation. This phenomenon reveals the technical limits of generative AI and raises questions about the use of styles protected by copyright in automated art.
OPENAI: a viral storm called Ghibli
While Google tries to reverse Openai thanks to its new model of IA Gemini 2.5, on the side of Chatgpt we have fun with Ghibli. Indeed, since March 25, 2025, millions of users have exploited the generation of images to create scenes worthy of my neighbor Totoro or the trip of Chihiro. A viral wave amplified by visual nostalgia and the unique graphic signature of the Japanese studio.
Faced with the massive influx of requests, Sam Altman recently declared that the GPUs of Openai “are melting”. The consequence was immediate: Limitation to three images per day For free users. Even for a giant like Openai, the rise in charge exceeds forecasts.
Openai, forced to set terminals?
OPENAI had to set up filters to restrict certain requests too close to the Ghibli style. An effort to protect the integrity of its infrastructure while maintaining minimum accessibility to the tool.
The trend has not spared public figures. Mike Tyson, Elon Musk, Nayib Bukele (president of Salvador), Michael Saylor and many others shared their Ghibli portraits. For our part, we have tried the experience with Donald Trump today, but without success because of “Content Policy”. Damage…
AI: the legal and moral limits of automated creativity
Ghibli style is protected by copyright. Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of the Ghibli studio, has himself already expressed his rejection of the art generated by IA. OPENAI now sails between the massive uses of its tools and the ethical responsibility not to go beyond artistic limits.
While Microsoft is preparing to welcome GPT-5 by May 2025, the Buzz of the Ghibli style exhibits the technical weaknesses of the generative AI of Openai in the face of a world virality. He also poses a substantive question: how far can we let AI explore the collective imagination without cultural or technical clashes?
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