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ChatGPT Ghibli portraits

Trend & aesthetic · 2025 · Notable

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The White House’s Ghibli-style derivative drew 76.2 million X views.

Grant Slatton

@GrantSlatton · Mar 25, 2025

tremendous alpha right now in sending your wife photos of yall converted to studio ghibli anime

42.1K2.3K
Original · Grant Slatton

Sam Altman

@sama · Mar 25, 2025

this was a real labor of love from @gabeeegoooh. congrats gabe; excellent work! here is what we generated during the livestream:

4.1K624
Post · @sama on X

Sam Altman

@sama · Mar 27, 2025

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.

65.4K2.5K
Post · @sama on X

The White House

@WhiteHouse · Mar 27, 2025

The White House@WhiteHouse

🇺🇸Virginia Basora-Gonzalez, a previously deported alien felon convicted of fentanyl trafficking, was arrested by @ICEgov in Philadelphia after illegally reentering the U.S. She wept when taken into custody (picture attached). h

142.5K12.7K
Post · @WhiteHouse on X

Brad Lightcap

@bradlightcap · Apr 3, 2025

very crazy first week for images in chatgpt - over 130M users have generated 700M+ (!) images since last tuesday India is now our fastest growing chatgpt market 💪🇮🇳 the range of visual creativity has been extremely inspiring we appreciate your patience as we try to serve

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Post · @bradlightcap on X
this was a real labor of love from @gabeeegoooh. congrats gabe; excellent work! here is what we generated during the livestream:
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tremendous alpha right now in sending your wife photos of yall converted to studio ghibli anime
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tremendous alpha right now in sending your wife photos of yall converted to studio ghibli anime
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OpenAI's viral Studio Ghibli moment highlights AI copyright concerns | TechCrunch
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ChatGPT became the most downloaded app globally in March | TechCrunch
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How it works
Reach61ContagionNo data yetBreadth80Velocity65Longevity1358

Numbers

Peak date
Week of Apr 3, 2025
Mar 25 ’25 to Week of Apr 3, 2025
Platforms
8
Started on X
Origin
Organic
Culture (no sector)

Mechanics

  • Shareable outputPrimary
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Controversy
  • Political adoption

How it spread

Trace the origin

After OpenAI’s anime demo, Slatton posted a Ghibli-style family portrait. Users, political accounts and McDonald’s copied the format. The White House derivative drew more X views than Slatton’s; OpenAI announced rate limits.

Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

Google searchesFeb ’25MarAprMayAugNovMar ’26JunSepNovPeakXPressInstagramYouTubeFacebookApp storesOpen webRetail
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Timeline (17)

  1. March 2025

    OpenAI / @sama precursor · Mar 25 ’25

    Altman posted the launch demo’s anime group selfie at 18:20 UTC.[1][2]

    this was a real labor of love from @gabeeegoooh. congrats gabe; excellent work! here is what we generated during the livestream:
    Open the first post ↗

  2. @GrantSlatton seed · Mar 25 ’25

    Slatton posted his family’s Ghibli-style portrait at 20:26 UTC after seeing the demo.[3][2]

    tremendous alpha right now in sending your wife photos of yall converted to studio ghibli anime
    53.3M live X views, checked Oct 13, 2026

  3. @adtac_ / @HealingCynic / @keysmashbandit platform jump · Mar 26 ’25

    Users quote-posted Slatton with Ghibli edits of historical photos and a prediction of filter glasses.[4][5][6]

    OpenAI's viral Studio Ghibli moment highlights AI copyright concerns | TechCrunch
Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
  1. 2026-10-12Added: 16 events, 26 sources · Score 55
Origin
Organic
Sector
Culture (no sector)
Region
US
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Evidence
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Open web · 2022

73
Current official ChatGPT iOS screenshot from OpenAI’s Apple App Store listing.

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‎فهد العليوة‎ on Instagram: "challenge accepted! 😅 #agechallenge"

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Reply to @an.elementopqrs #ios14 #ios14update #iphonetricks #iphonehack #ios14homescreen #learnontiktok

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Google searchesFeb ’25MarAprMayAugNovMar ’26JunSepNovPeakXPressInstagramYouTubeFacebookApp storesOpen webRetail
XPressInstagramYouTubeFacebookApp storesOpen webRetail

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  1. March 2025

    OpenAI / @sama precursor · Mar 25 ’25

    Altman posted the launch demo’s anime group selfie at 18:20 UTC.[1][2]

    this was a real labor of love from @gabeeegoooh. congrats gabe; excellent work! here is what we generated during the livestream:
    Open the first post ↗

  2. @GrantSlatton seed · Mar 25 ’25

    Slatton posted his family’s Ghibli-style portrait at 20:26 UTC after seeing the demo.[3][2]

    tremendous alpha right now in sending your wife photos of yall converted to studio ghibli anime
    53.3M live X views, checked Oct 13, 2026

  3. @adtac_ / @HealingCynic / @keysmashbandit platform jump · Mar 26 ’25

    Users quote-posted Slatton with Ghibli edits of historical photos and a prediction of filter glasses.[4][5][6]

    OpenAI's viral Studio Ghibli moment highlights AI copyright concerns | TechCrunch

  1. press · Mar 26 ’25

  2. owner response · Mar 27 ’25

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