[Full text] STARSHIP gives severe disciplinary action to staff who spread AI photos of An Yu Jin... ”We sincerely apologize to the artist”

Starship Entertainment has issued severe disciplinary action to a staff member who shared an AI photo of IVE's An Yu Jin.
On the 15th, Starship Entertainment posted on their official SNS, "Regarding the infringement of the rights of our artists,
Prior to this, Starship Entertainment's Chinese social media account posted an AI-generated photo of An Yu Jin.
However, the photo was reposted, but it contained sexual elements, which caused a problem. The management office has decided to take measures to protect the artist, such as spreading false information, and to refrain from slander.
"Once again, we would like to deeply apologize for the disappointment and concern that our fans have experienced, and we will take the lessons we have learned from this incident seriously.
We will do our best to move forward as a more mature company and regain trust again." On the 9th, a photo of An Yu Jin, who had misused AI technology, was posted on Starship's Chinese SNS.
Fans were outraged when the post was posted, and the management office responded by saying, "This incident occurred while a staff member was reporting a malicious post," and "We will take appropriate measures to prevent such mistakes from happening again by managing the account."
However, fans have expressed their dissatisfaction with the DeepFei and AI synthesis that has been made with the members of IVE.
In response to the lukewarm response from the affiliated office, the management office informed the company that it had taken severe disciplinary measures against the staff who made the mistake and stated that it would do its best to repair the damage.
Below is the full announcement from STARSHIP Entertainment: Hello. This is STARSHIP Entertainment.
On the 9th, our artists An Yu Jin and Foo were deeply hurt by the serious negligence of our staff in charge of Chinese social media.
We bow our heads in apology to all our fans. This incident has been confirmed as a problem caused by insufficient management on our part, and the most severe disciplinary measures will be taken against the staff member in question.
We will also thoroughly improve our internal control system to prevent such inappropriate behavior from occurring again in the future.
We would like to extend our sincere apologies to the artist, An Yu Jin, and promise to do our best to repair any damage caused by this.
The company is also taking ongoing legal action against the dissemination of false information and slander related to our artists, and will do our utmost to prevent any further damage from being caused in connection with this.
Once again, we would like to deeply apologize for the disappointment and concern that our fans may have felt, and we will take seriously the lessons we have learned from this incident and move forward as a more mature company so that we can regain trust once again.
We will do our best to make it possible.