Knew we were onto something meaningful but response blew us away: OpenAI’s Dhariwal on Ghibli trend

Ghibli is the buzzword for today’s tech age with millions using AI to convert photographs, cards and much else into instantly recognised images. Meet the man responsible – Prafulla Dhariwal, the force behind GPT-4o that took Ghibli-inspired AI art to the people. Dhariwal (30) admits he was truly blown away by the overwhelming response, especially from India.

“We knew we were building something meaningful, but the scale of the response – especially from India – completely blew us away. Within weeks of launch, India became our fastest-growing market…