STARSHIP apologizes for sharing AI-generated photos of ”IVE”: ”We are sorry for causing discomfort”

Starship Entertainment has apologized for posting an AI-generated photo of its group IVE.
Recently, through an online community, STARSHIP Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as ST
A post reposted by a Chinese SNS account of "ARSHIP" has caused controversy. According to the post, the account reposted an AI-generated photo of an "IVE" member,
The photos were flooded with criticism because they contained sexual elements. Also, as the "Deep Feik" obscene material has become a problem recently, photos that misuse AI technology were posted on the official account.
Fans were outraged that the post was posted on Starship's Weibo account.
We would like to inform you about this," the company said in a statement, explaining, "This was an incident that occurred in the process of a staff member reporting a malicious post, and the post in question has been deleted."
"We sincerely apologize to the celebrities and fans who were offended by this post.
We will be more careful in managing our accounts to prevent such mistakes from happening again," the company said in an apology, saying, "We apologize for any inconvenience caused."
Fans who saw the announcement were shocked to discover that the AI photo had been re-shared by mistake, exposing it to a large audience.
While pointing out these issues, they are also calling for strong punishment for their artist Deep Fei Ku and AI synthetics that are rampant on Chinese social media.
IVE released the preview title track "Rebel" of their 3rd EP album "IVE Empathy" on the 13th.
Heart". Also, on February 3rd, the full album will be released, and it will be a step forward from the previous "Self-Love" and more
He plans to convey the message of "empathy" in a mature manner.