India’s cyber cops sound the alarm over Ghibli-related scams

As Studio Ghibli-style portraits flood social media feeds, Indian authorities are sounding the alarm over the flip side of the AI-generated fever dream that is currently our timeline.

Police departments in Goa, Tamil Nadu, and Chandigarh have issued public advisories warning users against a wave of cyber scams that exploit the popularity of Ghibli-themed artificial intelligence applications.

The caution comes in the wake of OpenAI’s recent release of the GPT-4o model, capable of generating Ghibli-style images

. Within days, users across India began…