Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into the distinct style of Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki.
I don’t see how this changes anything. Style isn’t copyrightable, so if anything it seems the least concern.
Characters or specific scenes, those are the really juicy bits
Edit: And of course still the general question of ingesting copyrighted inputs without license for other than private use