AI-Generated Photo Of BTS’s Jungkook Ignites Debate

Photos of BTS‘s Jungkook are starting a conversation online.

BTS’s Jungkook | Weverse

He recently trended after a new gym photo of him and fitness trainer Ma Sun Ho surfaced on social media, revealing his brand new tattoo.

| @natural_masunho/Instagram

Following the reveal, a photo of Jungkook’s new tattoo with his shirt off quickly surfaced. However, it soon became known that it was AI-generated.

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The usage of the image started a conversation about how AI edits of him can be disrespectful without his consent.

can big accounts not go around posting ai edits of jungkook?? this is clearly not a real picture , using ai on him is so weird and disrespectful https://t.co/n3s9Jvtecv

— 𐚁 (@virgoshrtz) July 30, 2025

people are ai generating jungkook shirtless along with that new tattoo, also ai generated btw… what is wrong with you lot pic.twitter.com/k9oN16xasQ

— bakery 🍞🍎 (@seokstalgic) July 30, 2025

In the past, Jungkook has gained attention for speaking outwardly about feeling like AI-generated content like music covers may be dangerous for artists’ careers in the future, possibly alluding to his feelings about AI-generated photos.

“i asked chatgpt” “i asked grok” well i asked jungkook and he said fuck ai pic.twitter.com/lPQ0PHi5l5

— 정국 📁 (@jksources) June 22, 2025

feeding jungkook to ai when that man stated OUTLOUD. MULTIPLE TIMES. that he does not like it proves yall do not care for them as people

— brittany⁷ ✨ SAW YES OR NO ⚜️ (@jeongguktime) July 30, 2025

Many have also shared that there are plenty of photos of Jungkook that already exist, so there’s no need to generate more.

| @archivekukk/Instagram

The morals of AI-generated content continue to be a controversial topic in media.

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