OpenAI's GPT Image2 fuels viral MS Paint-style photo trend
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Updated · Gizmodo · Apr 30
OpenAI's GPT Image2 fuels viral MS Paint-style photo trend
8 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · Apr 30
A Korean Threads user, @withgrdnrush, appears to have popularised the prompt before it spread to X, where users shared examples and copied a deliberately clumsy drawing instruction.
The tool turns photos into simple scribbly images with minimal colour that remain recognisable, but the report says the outputs lack the human charm and imperfections of genuine MS Paint doodles.
Unlike the earlier Studio Ghibli-style image debate, this trend is not presented as a copyright issue and appears smaller, though it highlights heavy AI computing use for trivial results.
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