OpenAI just made it harder to turn your pics into Studio Ghibli-style images

This Ghibli-esque photo I got from Grok was adorable — even if the cartoon cat grew an extra leg.

Lee Chong Ming/Business Insider; Grok 3

• OpenAI has blocked some users' requests for Studio Ghibli-style images.
• The internet was flooded with Ghibli-esque photos after ChatGPT's image generator update.
• I tested turning my pictures into art on ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude with extremely varied results.

Cartoons of pets, families, and famous memes made to look like...