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Japanese girl band AKB48 releases AI-generated single after fans preferred it to song written by human

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By Jack Guy and Riku Inoue, CNN (CNN) — Top Japanese girl band AKB48 have released a single created using AI, after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto. As part of a songwriting competition on a Nippon TV program called “Akimoto Yasushi vs AI Akimoto Yasushi: AKB48 New Song Production Contest,” the AI – a version of Google’s Gemini – was trained on Akimoto’s library of lyrics and his…

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Popular Japanese girl band AKB48 has released an AI-created single after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto.

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Japanese girl band AKB48 releases AI-generated single after fans preferred it to song written by human

Top Japanese girl band AKB48 have released a single created using AI, after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Friday, September 19, 2025.
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