ANIME STUDIOS ARE FINALLY FIGHTING BACK AGAINST AI SLOP

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Japanese anime studios, represented by the Content Overseas Distribution Association, have formally requested that OpenAI cease using their copyrighted works to train AI programs, such as Sora, without permission. The action follows a massive 2025 trend of "Ghiblifying" photos using ChatGPT to create Studio Ghibli-style images, which allegedly influenced AI's characteristic yellowish tone in subsequent outputs. Studios argue these AI-generated images strip away the hundreds of hours of artistic labor that define anime as irreplaceable cultural treasures.