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.
Not style. But they had to train that AI on ghibli stuff. So… Did they have the right to do that?
It depends on where they did it, but probably yes. They had the right to do it in Japan, for example.
Training doesn’t involve copying anything, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t. You need to copy something to violate copyright.