Perplexity AI’s Aravind Srinivas adds Bhagavad Gita twist to ChatGPT’s viral Ghibli-style image trend

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas has reconnected with his Indian roots by bringing the Bhagwad Gita to the Ghibli-style image trend that has emerged with ChatGPT's new native image creation feature. Srinivas used ChatGPT to create a Ghibli-style image of Arjuna and Lord Krishna from the Mahabharata and posted it on X with a Sanskrit quote from the Bhagwad Gita.

In a post on X, Srinivas wrote, “कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः। ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः॥” which translates to “I am mighty Time, the source of destruction that comes forth to annihilate the worlds. Even without your participation, the warriors arrayed in the opposing army shall cease to exist.”

The quote used by Srinivas is from Chapter 11, Verse 32 of the Bhagwad Gita when Krishna reveals his universal form aka Vishwaswrupa to Arjuna on the battle field.

What is Studo Ghibli art?

Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation film studio founded in 1985 by Miyazaki Hayao, Takahata Isao and Suzuki Toshio. The company is known for its high quality filmmaking with hand-drawn animation and rich storytelling.

Some of the company's most notable animated films include Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke.

Since the arrival of ChatGPT's native image generation capabilities, users have been taking advantage of the Ghibli art effects to arrive in the anime world of famous studio.

How to make Ghibli art using ChatGPT?

OpenAI has rolled out native image generation for ChatGPT Pro and Plus members only for now. However, the company has stated its intention to bring this feature to free users as well.

For now, if you are a paying ChatGPT customer, you can simply ask the chatbot to create a Studio Ghibli-style image. Some users have even shared screenshots of them asking ChatGPT to "Ghiblify" their images and the chatbot understood the request.