Sony Takes Aim at Studio Ghibli AI Slop, Developing Tool to Stop Copyright Infringing Content and Compensate Original Creators

Sony has trained a "Protective AI" model on content from Studio Ghibli films in order to create a tool that knows to avoid generating copyright-infringing images, videos and music. As reported by The Nikkei (and spotted by Automaton), the project is in development by Sony AI, the Japanese electronics giant’s AI research and development-focused division. Protective AI's purpose is to stop the generation of unauthorized imitations of copyrighted material, even through indirect prompts by a user. So, to train the tool on what it shouldn't generate, Sony has fed it copyrighted content — those Studio Ghibli movies — so it knows what to avoid. Of course, Studio Ghibli-style AI images are commonly seen online, with AI tools now able to easily replicate the artstyle of the famous Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away animation house. Open AI founder Sam Altman even currently has a Ghibli-style profile pic on X. But could this era soon be over? It's been 24 hours since OpenAI unexpectedly shook the AI image world with 4o image generation.Here are the 14 most mindblowing examples so far (100% AI-generated):1. Studio ghibli style memespic.twitter.com/E38mBnPnQh Apparently, Protective AI will al