Since its introduction, the 'Ghibli' image generator feature has taken the internet by storm. The launch of this feature has led to a surge in user engagement, with people on social media experimenting by transforming photos into various artistic styles. Well, the unprecedented demand has finally led OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to be open about the same on his X (formerly called Twitter) account.
On Sunday, March 29, 2025, Sam Altman took to his X and requested the ChatGPT users to 'chill out a bit', citing 'insane' demand for its new image generator. Altman continued to mention in the post, "Can yall please chill on generating images? This is insane; our team needs sleep."
As social media is flooded with pictures and the users just can't keep calm over the new feature, the ChatGPT owner himself had to step in; however, many users were not convinced by Sam's appeal. Some also suggested firing his team.
It all started on March 25, when Altman announced the launch of ChatGPT's latest artificial intelligence (AI) powered image generator, integrated with OpenAI's flagship model GPT-4o. The new image-generator feature enables iterative refinement and ensures consistency across multiple interactions.
However, no doubt it is a feature that users online are enjoying to experiment with, but the surge in demand is causing a strain on OpenAI's infrastructure.
Earlier to this, Altman expressed his happiness over people experimenting with the newly launched feature. He said, It's super fun noticing people love images in ChatGPT, but their GPUs are melting.
On the other hand, OpenAI also implemented restrictions on generating images in the styles of certain living artists and specific studios due to copyright issues. However, users are still not convinced by the CEO's request.
As soon as Sam Altman posted about users having some chill on generating images through Ghibli, the post quickly went viral on the internet.
With Paul Graham suggesting Altman, "Lots of people need to be awake when load is high?" To which Sam replied, saying that they haven't been able to catch up since launch, so people are still working to keep the service up.
"Biblical demand, i have never seen anything like it"
On the same thread, one user said, "Video is next"
While another said, "If you keep netfing the model, people will stop using it. Otherwise, no."
To which Altman reacted, saying, "we are gonna do the opposite of nerfing it BUT still please chill out a bit"
One even suggested he fire his team. "no thanks, in addition to building agi this team is on trajectory to build the biggest website in the world from a cold start 2.33 years ago, best team in the world, it's just hard," Altman replied.?
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