The Rise of Ghibli-Inspired AI and the Artists Left Behind

Nostalgia, innovation, and the cost of instant art

Last week, social media platforms around the world were flooded with images that looked like they were pulled straight from a Studio Ghibli movie.
What made this trend especially remarkable was that these weren’t painstaking illustrations created by Hayao Miyazaki’s team, but AI-generated images made by everyday users experimenting with the latest ChatGP…