20250327 - OpenAI's Studio Ghibli knockoffs are another distraction from its money troubles

Curing cancer 'or whatever' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/27/sam-altmans-studio-ghibli-memes-are-another-distraction-from-openais-money-troubles/ OpenAI: Introducing 4o Image Generation https://openai.com/index/introducing-4o-image-generation/ OpenAI CEO Responds to ChatGPT Users Creating Studio Ghibli-Style AI Images https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/openai-ceo-chatgpt-studio-ghibli-ai-images-1236349141/ OpenAI Close to Finalizing Its $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-26/openai-close-to-finalizing-its-40-billion-softbank-led-funding Sam Altman's sad tweet https://x.com/sama/status/1904921537884676398 Previously: Whoops! Facebook trained Llama AI model on pirate site LibGen, with Zuckerberg's OK https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/10/whoops-facebook-trained-llama-ai-model-on-pirate-site-libgen-with-zuckerbergs-ok/ AI benchmarks are self-promoting trash — but regulators keep using them https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/25/ai-benchmarks-are-self-promoting-trash-but-regulators-keep-using-them/ DeepSeek slaps OpenAI, tech stocks crash https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/28/deepseek-slaps-openai-tech-stocks-crash/ OpenAI brings you statistically average literary fiction https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/17/openai-brings-you-statistically-average-literary-fiction/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-qL88Wfk5w&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Hayao Miyazaki breaks AI animators' hearts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ0K3lWKRc&t=79s&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Sam's tweet by Libby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjTcNM3DXHQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Send money! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5