{"id":125968,"date":"2025-03-28T02:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125968"},"modified":"2025-03-28T02:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:15:58","slug":"our-gpus-are-melting-openai-puts-limiter-in-after-ghibli-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125968","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Our GPUs are melting\u2019 \u2014 OpenAI puts limiter in after Ghibli-tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsChatGPT creators OpenAI have introduced rate limits after a viral social media trend that saw nearly everything \u201cGhiblifyied\u201d \u2014 turned into AI art in the style of the famous Japanese animation studio.\u00a0<br \/>\nOpenAI CEO Sam Altman was one of the first to take part in the trend, posting a portrait of himself generated by the model on March 25 but said in a subsequent post two days later that all image requests have started to tax the firm\u2019s infrastructure.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s super fun seeing people love images in ChatGPT but our GPUs are melting. We are going to temporarily introduce some rate limits while we work on making it more efficient,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nSource: Sam Altman\u201cAlso, we are refusing some generations that should be allowed; we are fixing these as fast we can,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nOpenAI launched the upgraded image generation offering in ChatGPT-4o on March 25, resulting in users splashing images across social media in the art style of Studio Ghibli \u2014 known for its anime films Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.<br \/>\nAltman didn\u2019t give a definitive timeline on how long the rate limits would last but said, \u201cHopefully, it won\u2019t be long! ChatGPT free tier will get three generations per day soon.\u201d<br \/>\nRate limits are generally applied to help OpenAI manage the aggregate load on its infrastructure, according to OpenAI.\u00a0<br \/>\nRelated: Ghibli memecoins surge as internet flooded with Studio Ghibli-style AI images<br \/>\n\u201cIf requests to the API increase dramatically, it could tax the servers and cause performance issues. By setting rate limits, OpenAI can help maintain a smooth and consistent experience for all users,\u201d OpenAI says on its rate limit explanation page.<br \/>\nAlong with the legions of others getting in on the trend, X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared an image mimicking King Mufasa from Disney\u2019s The Lion King holding up a Shiba Inu.\u00a0<br \/>\nWhite House AI and crypto czar David Sacks also joined in, using the Studio Ghibli-art style on an image of himself at an event.<br \/>\nSource: David SacksMeanwhile, Bloomberg reported on March 26 that OpenAI expects to more than triple its revenue this year to $12.7 billion, citing a person familiar with the matter.<br \/>\nAltman said on Feb. 12 his firm wants to ship GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 in the coming weeks or months.<br \/>\nMagazine: \u2018Chernobyl\u2019 needed to wake people to AI risks, Studio Ghibli memes: AI Eye<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/sam-altman-open-ai-gpu-melting-after-studio-ghibli-tsunami?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsChatGPT creators OpenAI have introduced rate limits after a viral social media trend that saw nearly everything \u201cGhiblifyied\u201d \u2014 turned into AI art in the style of the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125968"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}