Ghibli-style AI images is it safe to upload personal photos

The Ghibli AI style image generator trending this week, and it has become a viral phenomenon on social media. People are likes to artificial intelligence-generated portraits in the signature style of Ghibli legend Hayao Miyazaki. Users to convert their own photos or viral web memes - into incredible Ghibli-style art. Grok chatbot also introduce brand new Ghibli-style technology for image generation. Now users can make Ghibli-inspired designs for no cost using Grok and chatgpt.

But is it Safe? a big question are also rising.

As per Digital privacy advocates on social media platforms. They claim OpenAI could use this trend as a method to collect thousands of images from people to aid in AI training. While people are having fun using the new feature but critics are concerned that they may be unknowingly providing new facial information to OpenAI which could raise grave privacy questions.

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The latest trend has raised ethical concerns concerning artificial intelligence systems that are trained on creative works that are copyright protected and the implications for the future prospects of artists. Miyazaki is 84 and well-known for his hand-drawn style and his wacky storytelling style is skeptical of AI's role in the field of animation.

@LuizaJarovsky Co-founder of aitechprivacy.com 

"Most people haven't realized that the Ghibli Effect is not only an AI copyright controversy but also OpenAI's PR trick to get access to thousands of new personal images; here's how: To get their own Ghibli (or Sesame Street) version, thousands of people are now voluntarily uploading their faces and personal photos to ChatGPT. As a result, OpenAI is gaining free and easy access to many thousands of new faces to train its AI models. Some people will argue that this is irrelevant because OpenAI could simply scrape the same images from the internet and use them to train its AI models. This is not true, for two reasons: 1. Privacy “Bypass” In places like the EU, when OpenAI scrapes personal images from the internet, it relies on legitimate interest as a lawful ground to process personal data (Article 6.1.f of the GDPR). As such, it cannot harm people or go against their interests, and therefore, it must take additional protective measures, including potentially refraining from training its models with these images (see my previous articles on the topic, including on Opinion 28/2024). Other data protection laws specify additional protections in the case of scraped images, including for images of minors. However, when people voluntarily upload these images, they give their consent to OpenAI to process them (Article 6.1.a of the GDPR). This is a different legal ground that gives more freedom to OpenAI, and the legitimate interest balancing test no longer applies. Moreover, OpenAI's privacy policy explicitly states that the company collects personal data input by users to train its AI models when users haven't opted out (*link to opt out below - check out my newsletter article). 2. Fresh New Images My second argument for why this was a clever privacy trick is that people are uploading new images, including family photos, intimate pictures, and images that likely weren't on social media before, just to feel part of the viral trend. OpenAI is gaining free and easy access to these images, and only they will have the originals. Social media platforms and other AI companies will only see the “Ghiblified” version. Moreover, the trend is ongoing, and people are learning that when they want a fun avatar of themselves, they can simply upload their pictures to ChatGPT. They no longer need third-party providers for that."