Hyderabad, April 5 -- OpenAI's latest Ghibli-style AI image generator has taken social media by storm, with users eagerly sharing their AI-transformed portraits in the signature style of renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki.

However, the viral trend has raised concerns among digital privacy activists, who warn that OpenAI might be using it to collect vast amounts of personal images for AI training. Critics argue that while users enjoy the artistic transformation, they may be unknowingly handing over fresh facial data, raising significant privacy and ethical concerns.

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OpenAI may use uploaded content, including images, to train its AI models unless users explicitly opt out. This has raised privacy concerns, as im...