Washington DC, March 30
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Sunday jested that netizens must stop generating AI images, as his team was losing on sleep!
Altman said that people must 'chill' on generating images.
In a post on X, he said, "can y'all please chill on generating images this is insane our team needs sleep".
https://x.com/sama/status/1906210479695126886
Earlier on Thursday, he said in a hyperbole that the AI-generated images are in so much of a trend that the Graphics Processing Units in their office were melting!
In a post on X, he said, "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. hopefully won't be long! chatgpt free tier will get 3 generations per day soon."
https://x.com/sama/status/1905296867145154688
Just days after OpenAI launched its most advanced AI image generator to date, a social media trend imitating the work of Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli is demonstrating both the technology's power and the copyright concerns it raises, CNN reported.
The latest update to GPT-4o, released Tuesday, features many practical advancements, including more accurate text rendering and the ability to follow more detailed, complex prompts. But it has also been trained at length on a "vast variety of image styles," according to a post on OpenAI's website, stunning users with its ability to generate still images and videos reminiscent of their favorite animations, from "South Park" to classic claymation.
But one style quickly flooded X and Instagram, as users of ChatGPT (and OpenAI's text-to-video service, Sora) began emulating the work of beloved animation studio behind movies like "Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle," as per CNN.
Some recreated scenes from pop culture or politics in the Japanese company's iconic style, including a reworked trailer for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," scenes from "The Sopranos," and Donald Trump and JD Vance's heated real-life White House exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
— ANI
Reader Comments
Lol I feel bad for their team but this is hilarious 😂 Maybe they should've anticipated the demand better? The Ghibli-style images are too good to resist though!
As someone in tech, I totally get the scaling challenges. But this feels like a good problem to have - shows how much people love their product! Hope they get some rest soon.
The copyright concerns are real though. While the tech is amazing, we need to think about artists whose styles are being replicated without consent. OpenAI should address this too.
"Our GPUs are melting" might be the most relatable tech CEO statement I've ever read 🤣 Stay strong OpenAI team!
I appreciate Altman's transparency about the challenges. Many companies would just silently implement limits without explaining why. This builds trust with users.
The Ghibli-style images are magical, but I hope they find a way to compensate original artists somehow. The tech is incredible, but ethics matter too.
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