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nounGhiblification (uncountable)
- neologismuncountableartificial intelligenceThe process by which an image is transformed into a style resembling the work of Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli using generative AI.
[Image caption:] My daughter Penny's Ghiblification, center, and Legoification, courtesy of OpenAI's shocking new GPT-4o image generator.
2025 March 31, Erik Barmack, “It's War: AI's Horrifying Boiling Point is Here”, in The Ankler, archived from the original on 01 Apr 20251 more example
On X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reacted to the viral Ghiblification by saying the company "put a lot of thought into the initial examples" of its new technology.
2025 March 28, Jacob Shamsian, “Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2025
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Ghiblification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ghiblification
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“Ghiblification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ghiblification. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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