K-pop has an AI problem

Last December, a K-pop trio named GLXE (pronounced ‘galaxy’) debuted without any of the hallmarks of idol marketing. Gone were the lavish photoshoots and orchestrated teasers: the three male singers simply appeared on TikTok, ready-packaged with epic musical build-ups and cinematic punches. 

It only takes a moment to realise GLXE are generative AI, albeit impressively rendered. But it takes longer to clock that their voices and songs are also entirely AI, made withhellip;

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