Sam Altman says ChatGPT's Studio Ghibli-style images are ‘melting’ OpenAI’s GPUs
Fortune
Post on X (@sama) during the Studio Ghibli-style image trend
“It's super fun seeing people love images in ChatGPT. But our GPUs are melting. We are going to temporarily introduce some rate limits while we work on making it more efficient”
Sam Altman27 March 2025- What you'll lose2/5
A beloved studio's style, generated by the million.
- Condescension1/5
'Super fun', for some.
- Tone-deafness3/5
Celebrated the trend with a Ghibli-style portrait of himself.
- Doom0/5
Only the GPUs were harmed.
- Hypocrisy0/5
None.
Full time6 pitchforksof a possible 25
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The occasion
Post on X (@sama) during the Studio Ghibli-style image trend, 27 March 2025.
Context
Days after ChatGPT's new image generator went viral for Studio Ghibli-style pictures, Altman said demand was straining OpenAI's GPUs and announced temporary rate limits. He had also switched his own profile picture to a Ghibli-style portrait.
Crowd reaction
Critical commentary
Entrepreneur reports social media users calling the Ghibli trend 'an insult' to Hayao Miyazaki and accusing OpenAI of profiting from the studio's art; Decrypt calls his follow-up plea to 'chill' a 'whine-tweet' and says 'Altman may be crying all the way to the bank'. Mild: most of the criticism targets the trend, not the post.
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