Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), which represents several major publishers including Studio Ghibli, has issued a warning to OpenAI over the alleged use of Japanese creative content to train its AI models — particularly Sora 2, the company’s advanced video generation tool. The association has demanded that OpenAI immediately cease using copyrighted Japanese material without permission.

Earlier this year, social media was flooded with “Ghibli-style” artwork — not created by the famed animation studio, but by OpenAI’s ChatGPT image generator. The tool allowed users to transform ordinary pictures into the signature Studio Ghibli aesthetic, sparking a global trend. Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined in, updating his profile photo in the same whimsical style. However, th

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