A prestigious Chinese music institution has “enrolled” a virtual student who is an artificial intelligence (AI) singer, generating huge interest from the mainland public.
The AI singer, named Luya, will start as a first-year student at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with the music engineering department next month, the university announced on Tuesday.
Besides studying normal subjects like other students, Luya will also join the research and development programme for AI technology-assisted music creation, Chen Shizhe, a professor from the department, told news site sohu.com. ...
Luya appears as a cartoon girl with two large eyes and pink hair arranged in two buns and a short braid. She was developed by leading mainland AI product company iFLYTEK earlier this month. ...
“She hopes to receive more professional training at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to better work in the music industry, produce more pleasing music and pursue new musical possibilities,” the company said. ...
News about the AI singer’s new identity as a student has been viewed more than 50 million times on Weibo, and attracted thousands of comments. ...
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