New Delhi, April 3 -- Ever since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022, this chatbot has wormed its way into every other conversation with its wonders of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Over the past week, an online frenzy to post photos in the animation style of Japan's Studio Ghibli has seen this tool's usage surge.

If people aren't 'ghiblifying' their photographs-feeding a picture into ChatGPT, i.e., and getting imagery that mimics the beautifully hand-drawn style of Hayao Miyazaki's iconic studio-they're busy debating the pros and cons of doing so. Some bemoan a loss of creativity and view it as open plagiarism, while others envision art being democratized by this embrace of technology and celebrate the fun it inspires.

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