SEVENTEEN singer/producer WOOZI has responded to a British information function claiming that the Ok-pop group is utilizing synthetic intelligence when recording its music. WOOZI, who additionally co-writes the group’s songs, reportedly had ideas after a BBC Information story posted final week claimed that SEVENTEEN’s most up-to-date single, “Maestro,” was an instance of the group’s dive into utilizing synthetic intelligence within the artistic course of.
The piece entitled “Will Ok-pop‘s AI Experiment Pay Off?” famous that the tune’s video has AI-generated scenes, with the outlet quoting WOOZI reportedly saying that he was “experimenting” with AI when making new music and that the group “practiced making songs with AI, as we wish to develop together with expertise reasonably than complain about it.”
Based on NME, WOOZI posted a response on his Instagram Story on Sunday during which he stated, “All of SEVENTEEN’s music is written and composed by human creators.” Korean outlet Newsis claimed that WOOZI’s authentic feedback had been taken out of context and what he stated was: “I’ve tried writing and composing lyrics with AI, in fact. Reasonably than complaining, I’ll follow in line with it. I’m on the lookout for shortcomings and excited about what strengths there are. Expertise is advancing quickly. I’m excited about methods to preserve our distinctive identification in that context. I assumed that we had good chemistry as a result of we had been in a position to type an excellent sense of empathy whereas filming the music video with the administrators.”
Newsis additionally quoted SEVENTEEN’s Pledis Leisure label supporting WOOZI, saying, “It isn’t true that AI was utilized in Seventeen’s tune lyrics, and we’ve got conveyed our place to the overseas media retailers that reported on this to appropriate the content material.”
In April, Soompi reported that whereas selling the band’s new biggest hits album, 17 Is Proper Right here, WOOZI talked about practising songwriting utilizing AI to grasp its professionals and cons, however harassed that he was not utilizing it at the moment.
At press time a spokesperson for SEVENTEEN had not responded to Billboard‘s request for remark.
The BBC later added an editor’s notice to its story that refuted the declare about SEVENTEEN which reads: “This text was amended to verify that whereas AI is being experimented with in Ok-pop, it was not used to write down songs for the newest Seventeen album.”