"When people upload selfies or prompts to these AI generators, they're essentially handing over personal data to companies ...

Barthe, a professor of online marketing, remarked to the foreign news agency that personalisation was the driving force behind the memes. “That tickles the egos of consumers,” she said.

A broad discussion has unfolded in Japan over whether AI‑generated images mimicking Studio Ghibli’s style—an effect dubbed ...