Remember when ChatGPT rolled out its GPT-4o image generator earlier this year and suddenly half the internet became ghiblified? Social media feeds were flooded with AI-generated images that looked straight out of a Studio Ghibli film, from celebrities and politicians to movie scenes, memes, and even people’s pets.
If AI can imitate creative works so convincingly that it feels almost… too good, where do we draw the line between inspiration and imitation — and who owns it?