AI girl group member quits as she’s impregnated by creators

In a bizarre announcement, the creators of BABYQUEEN, a Chinese AI K-Pop style girl group, say one of the members is ‘pregnant’. The post sparked major online backlash.

The creators behind BABYQUEEN, an AI-generated girl group modelled after popular K-pop groups, have now deleted the post and apologised, as reported by the South China Morning Post.

BABYQUEEN consists of four fictional members, each with their own social media accounts. A fictional management company, BABYPVSSY Entertainment, launched the group this September, Dexerto reported. 

Last week, the announcement said Mity would suspend her activities due to her health and take maternity leave.

The character of Mity’s statement read: “I’m pregnant. After much consideration and thorough discussions with the company and my bandmates, I have decided to temporarily leave the group to focus on rest and recovery.”

‘We’re just a few girls who like K-Pop’

The group’s account also published a statement: “To prioritise her health during pregnancy and prepare for childbirth, she will temporarily suspend all group and individual variety show appearances and stage performances after thorough discussions with the team.”

On top of that, fans were asked not to speculate about the personal life of this fake, AI character. 

The girl group initially had just over 1,000 followers, but this announcement sparked widespread debate online, attracting over 78million views on Weibo.

Some expressed concern over the blurring boundaries between human and AI, while others turned their criticism to the creators.

After the backlash, the team behind BABYQUEEN deleted the original post and explained how they arrived at this storyline. 

They said they decided to impregnate an AI to write the character out of the virtual band member and reduce their workload.

“We’re just a few girls who like K-Pop, and we’re still students,” the creators reportedly wrote, adding that they had experienced harassment and had not made any money from the project.

Furthermore, they acknowledged that bringing the idea of pregnancy to AI was inappropriate. They also added that they didn’t intend to make a profit from launching this AI girl group project. 

“This might genuinely be one of the most unnecessary things I’ve ever come across on the internet,” one user wrote in response to this fallout.

They continued: “I’m honestly struggling to understand why anyone would think this was a good idea in the first place.”

Another commenter wrote: “If you showed these words in this order to a 16th century peasant child, he’d have a simultaneous brain aneurism and heart attack.”

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