‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Producer Accused of ChatGPT Use for Songwriting

Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters has stayed within the dialog largely due to its blockbuster soundtrack, however now a kind of songs has come beneath scrutiny for doubtlessly getting an help from ChatGPT.

In a latest dialogue in Seoul for OpenAI’s newly opened Korean workplace, songwriter Vince reportedly claimed he used the controversial know-how to assist pen the tune “Soda Pop,” carried out within the film by the demonic Saja Boys. He’s credited as one in every of a number of co-writers on the observe, in accordance with a Netflix blog post.

A now-deleted tweet (preserved in a screengrab on Reddit) mentioned to be penned by an OpenAI exec learn: “Fav second from the launch celebration was listening to singer/songwriter Vince share that ChatGPT helped him write ‘Soda Pop’ from KPop Demon Hunters! It apparently gave him concepts to make it sound ‘extra bubbly.’”

Right here’s the place issues get sophisticated. The alleged use of AI to assist write “Soda Pop” was first reported within the English-language model of Joongang Daily—however the authentic Korean text of the article makes no point out of ChatGPT getting used particularly throughout the manufacturing of KPop Demon Hunters’ music.

A translator on Gizmodo’s workers revealed Vince as an alternative made a far broader assertion—”I typically use ChatGPT to get some inspiration whereas producing Okay-Pop”—whereas discussing how AI know-how is already getting used within the Okay-Pop trade.

As Kotaku has identified, KPop Demon Hunters has beforehand needed to fend off allegations surrounding its characters being made with AI. Rei Ami, one of many singers for the film’s woman group Huntr/x, has additionally needed to insist that she and co-singers Ejae and Audrey Nuna are actual human beings.

io9 has reached out to Netflix for clarification and can replace ought to we hear again.

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