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Mass theft or luxury art? World-first AI art auction faces a massive backlash

Mass theft or luxury art? World-first AI art auction faces a massive backlash

As the global creative industries struggle to protect sustainable job futures from AI, there are new concerns over the legitimisation of visual art by AI. Thousands of artists are urging global auction house Christie’s to cancel its planned Augmented Intelligence auction, saying the technology behind the work results from ‘mass theft’. 

The auction is described by Christie’s as the first AI-dedicated sale by a major auctioneer. Christie’s was founded in 1766 and is…

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https://www.artshub.com.au/news/features/mass-theft-or-luxury-art-world-first-ai-art-auction-faces-a-massive-backlash-2775206/

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