India, Oct. 25 -- An AI-generated K-pop girl group from China has drawn online criticism after announcing that one of its virtual members is temporarily leaving the band due to "pregnancy". BABYQUEEN, a fictional group created by young female K-pop fans in Liaoning, China, was launched in September on a Chinese social media platform with four virtual members and had roughly 1000 followers. On October 12, its creators announced that band member Mity was "pregnant" and would "temporarily leave the group to focus on restand recovery." The announcement quickly blew up online, garnering over 78 million views, before recently going viral in India across Instagram and X. While some questioned the premise, others responded with humour. One user questioned, "If AI characters can get pregnant, can they claim maternity leave?" Another commented, "Up next: AI characters filing for child support..." A third wrote, "They need to get those girls on some AI birth control." Another user summed up the confusion, writing, "You ever read something, and it feels like you're having a stroke?" Following the backlash, BABYQUEEN's creators issued an official apology, explaining that the group was a non-commercial passion project and that managing multiple AI characters had become overwhelming. They also admitted that using a fake pregnancy storyline to write off a member was inappropriate. HTC...