‘Beautiful with a sweet voice’ AI singer enrols at prestigious Chinese music university and generates massive public interest

An AI singer, named Luya, is starting as a first-year student at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where she will help with AI-assisted music creation. Her creators describe Luya as a singer who loves music and wishes to bring people vitality and happiness through her music. — SCMP

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.