QSO Stir Controversy With AI-Generated Image Mocking Classical Concertgoers
• Queensland Symphony Orchestra posted an AI-generated image on Facebook that sparked criticism from arts groups and orchestra musicians for being inappropriate and disrespectful.
• The image showed a freakish depiction of a couple at a classical music concert with details like tangled fingers and an audience of only violinists.
• Arts organizations were accused of choosing AI images over working artists, building models with uncompensated use of artists' intellectual property.
• QSO was unapologetic, encouraging "exploration, innovation, experimentation" in adopting new technologies in marketing.
• Some suggested the controversy brought the orchestra attention, but musicians were said to be "furious" about the AI image.