ChatGPT is popular as ‘Bobby Style’ after Ghibli

While the “GPT-4o Image Creation” function released by OpenAI on the 25th of last month has drawn attention with its Ghibli-style painting style, the “Barbie Core” style, which changes the person in the picture like a Barbie doll figure, is also attracting new attention.

The British Daily Mail reported on the 12th that “Barbicore,” which transforms people into Barbie dolls, is emerging as a new trend following the Ghibli-style artificial intelligence (AI) image.

The “Barbie Core” style is characterized by the person being expressed like a figure in a plastic packaging box. Famous cosmetics brands, including Hollywood actor Brooke Shields, have joined the trend, and Internet users are creating and sharing various celebrities and celebrities on social media in the style of Barbie Core.

Earlier, OpenAI introduced an image creation function on the GPT-4o on April 25. With the discovery that images can be created in the style of “Ghibli Studio” in Japan, a popular animation studio, the number of users increased by about 30 percent in a month from the previous quarter.

In response to worldwide attention, Open AI CEO Sam Altman said, “It’s a lot of fun to see people like ChatGPT’s image, but our GPU is melting.” To create a “Barbie Core” style image, you need a full-length photo to transform it into a figure. After that, you can enter the specific conditions you want, such as the packaging type, accessories, and background color, in ChatGPT.

Chat GPT generates the image when the detailed command is entered. The image showed Kim Yu-na smiling brightly inside a plastic figure box.

With the development of AI technology, more memes (online trending content) will be poured into the Internet in the future.

Jasmine Enberg, chief social media analyst at Imaketer, told the BBC, “It is an era where anyone can easily create and spread trends thanks to Generative AI.”

“However, the lifespan of trends can be shortened and people’s fatigue can come faster,” he said. “As AI enters digital daily life deeply, AI-based trends will appear more often in social media in the future.”

JENNIFER KIM

US ASIA JOURNAL