While the internet is abuzz with ChatGPT’s Ghibli-inspired pictures, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the platform added one million new users in one hour. Earlier, he himself had pleaded with users to reduce their speed. The AI-made art is dominating the internet with surreal images in the style of Studio Ghibli’s iconic animation work.

Sam Altman on ChatGPT’s Viral Growth Because of Ghibli Trend

On Monday, Altman posted on X, saying, “The chatgpt launch 26 months ago was one of the craziest viral moments i’d ever seen, and we added one million users in five days.” (sic).

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“We added one million users in the last hour,” he added.

 

Earlier, the CEO described the surge in Ghibli-style image generation as “insane”. This remark of Sam Altamn highlighted how the trend had taken the platform by storm.

Sam Altman’s Plea for Users to Slow Down

“Can y’all please chill on generating images this is insane our team needs sleep,” Sam Altman mentioned.

 

 

ChatGPT’s latest feature enables users to create images inspired by the iconic style of Studio Ghibli, a renowned Japanese animation studio. This feature quickly became immensely popular, sparking a surge in user activity as people rushed to try it out.

ChatGPT Faces Downtime Due to High Demand of Ghibli Images

On Sunday, ChatGPT had outages for multiple users when its servers were not able to cope with the huge demand for its new Studio Ghibli-type image generation feature.

But later, the developer confirmed that all impacted services had been “fully recovered.”

Server Outages Frustrate Users

The outage was first reported on Saturday night, with many users unable to use the service for a prolonged period. The problem worsened on Sunday at 4 PM, triggering an outburst of anger on social media.

OpenAI confirmed the server crash and later announced that services had been restored. OpenAI said tha ChatGPT web platform was impacted the most by this crash.

Notably, the rise of Ghibli images has taken social media by storm, with millions of users using ChatGPT to generate AI artworks in the style of legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. While the trend has sparked ethical debates about AI tools being trained on copyrighted creative works. The OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just wants the internet to slow down, complaining that his platform’s “GPUs are melting.”