India, March 28 -- ChatGPT's latest ability to generate Ghibli-style anime images has triggered a flood of online memes while also raising questions on copyright. OpenAI, the company which owns the AI chatbot, is facing a barrage of lawsuits over copyright violations from news publishers, artists and musicians.

Ghibli-style anime refers to the animation style and storytelling approach associated with Studio Ghibli, the legendary Japanese animation studio founded by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.

The studio created classic animated films like "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Princess Mononoke." Some of the unique features of this hand drawn art is soft and expressive characters with emotive eyes with vibrant colour palettes....