“Disturbing” Al Post Of SEVENTEEN’s Childhood Photos Noticed By Hoshi Sparks Major Backlash

SEVENTEEN‘s Hoshi responded to an AI-generated post regarding members’ childhood photos, and the fan’s post has sparked major backlash.

Recently, Hoshi was active on Weverse and commented on a post that took childhood photos of himself and Wonwoo, and it was animated to make them look like they were hugging.
250121 #hoshi ๐ reply
๐ oppas look at this
๐ฏ whoaใ ใ ใ ใ ใ ใ crazy#ํธ์ @pledis_17 pic.twitter.com/GynHWDyrlK— svtr๐งธ (@svtranslation) January 20, 2025
Netizens quickly realized that the OP had use AI to create the post.
When the post was shared, many expressed their anger and disgust at AI being used with the members’ baby photos to create something, especially given how the technology uses media and the lack of knowledge of what it can be used for in the future. In particular, many pointed out that the fan seemingly completely disregarded SEVENTEEN’s message in “MAESTRO,” which criticized the use of AI.
seventeen has a whole concept about how ai is bad and here you all go! stop playing with this shit, stop making these weird videos and ai covers, this damage them more than you all imagine
one day this will be used against them and we won't be able to fix that shit https://t.co/FOjwiec1dF
— โ (@matzvlogs) January 20, 2025
gosh that looks super disturbing af…. Not only using AI for creating that video is already bad enough, but they make it worse by using the childhood pictures of them…
โ anggun (@anggun_sekar) January 21, 2025
None of you who gas this up are alarmed? Donโt you realize what kind of things you can generate now with AI involving actual, real children? What this implies? Did Seventeen themselves not have Maestro as a warning/precaution? https://t.co/krq2sL91fb
— ๐ (@crimsonmeringue) January 21, 2025
using gen ai is bad. using ai to generate ANYTHING to do with children is despicable, and I feel like I shouldnโt have to explain why. https://t.co/ZgEm7DV7No
— miley (@yumevrrse) January 20, 2025
svt did not release maestro just for yโall to be doing this https://t.co/UE8KhVlTdT pic.twitter.com/5b1mHreVga
— ๐โโฌ (@realestdinonara) January 20, 2025
AI is a very controversial topic and has particularly impacted SEVENTEEN after an article seemingly accused the group and lead producer Woozi of using AI to create the songs.
You can read about Woozi‘s response to allegations of AI lyrics below.
Woozi Responds To Controversial BBC Article Claiming AI Use In SEVENTEEN’s Songs