India, March 29 -- Recently, the team behind animation giant Studio Ghibli woke up to memes, selfies, images of political figures, and even stills from Bollywood movies rendered in their house-style - courtesy of a new feature of ChatGPT 4o. As OpenAI's Sam Altman - along with many tech enthusiasts - participated in the trend, hailing it as revolutionary, art enthusiasts brought artistic, ethical, and environmental concerns to the fore. We take a closer look at all that's gone down.

In his Oscar acceptance speech in 2014, animation legend Hayao Miyazaki noted, "I think I've been lucky because I've been able to participate in the last era when we can make films with paper, pencil, and film." Clips of the same have now begun making the rou...