Left is AI, right is soloist Lee Hangyul.
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The idea of an AI or virtual group is not entirely new, as seen with the all-virtual group MAVE: and several members of the group SUPERKIND. However, these groups — both of which have disbanded — were obviously not real people, as seen in their design.
However, advances in technology have made way for a new AI group to debut with convincing visuals.
On October 14, Stone Music shared the pre-release single for the boy group muuo, a five membered boy group.
A video of the members introducing the track has since gone viral, with netizens weighing in on the group. Many have pointed out that the members each resemble several idols, including TXT, ENHYPEN, TWS’s Dohoon and Sungho, and ZEROBASEONE’s Sung Hanbin, among many others.
u can place exactly which real idols each of them were modeled after this is so fucking scary bro https://t.co/CTyXR6tZgb
— ivone 👻 seeing bonedo 11.20!!! (@hwrngmelldansen) October 14, 2026
they fed sangwon to the ai omg https://t.co/YVktqmC66X
— nova (@wonistellar) October 14, 2026
you van exactly tell which idols they were programmed to imitate and it makes me fucking sick https://t.co/XUGJChe9KL
— merckz shady facts (@yakkultrae) October 14, 2026
Others expressed disgust over resources being used to debut an AI group over the many real trainees waiting for their chance and the environmental impacts of using AI.
thousands of trainees waiting to debut and this is what yall decide to do? PISSING ME OFFF https://t.co/pWhjYTAcE4
— lyn 🍃 (@kgwdms) October 14, 2026
people are really destroying the planet for this bullshit https://t.co/H8g38J3Lqp
— 🦂 (@lovethve) October 14, 2026
You can watch the pre-release track below.