AI, Christie's and fine art

The Prompt: Artists Want To Shut Down AI Art Auction
Welcome back to The Prompt, Elon Musk has his eyes on OpenAI. On Monday, Musk and a group of investors made a bid to buy OpenAI’s nonprofit arm for $97.4 billion and eventually merge it with his own AI company, xAI.
Christie’s announces AI art auction, and not everyone is pleased
Auction house Christie's plans to hold an AI art auction, an announcement that's drawn criticism from some users on social media.
Christie's AI art auction has artists up in arms, but the issue is more complex
The controversy is hardly surprising. Many of today's most popular AI image generators were trained on copyrighted material without permission, and there's also a fear that AI will put artists out of work. But not all AI art is theft. Is this the right fight for those opposed to image generation?
Thousands call on Christie’s to cancel AI art auction in open letter
Nearly 4,000 people have signed an open letter calling on Christie’s New York to cancel an upcoming sale dedicated solely to art created with artificial intelligence (AI), over concerns that the works exploit human artists.
Christie’s plans its first AI art auction
The esteemed art auction house Christie’s will hold its first-ever show dedicated solely to AI-generated art later this month.
Christie's faces backlash as artists protest AI art auction in New York
Christie’s New York is under fire as thousands call for the cancellation of its AI-generated art auction. Artists have sent an open letter condemning the event, arguing that AI art threatens human creativity and the traditional art market.
Thousands of Artists Demand Christie's Cancels AI Art Sale ‘Because AI Models Exploit Humans'
"[Christie's] support of these models, and the people who use them, rewards and further incentivizes AI companies' mass theft of human artists' work," the artists wrote.
3,700 artists sign letter opposing Christie's AI art auction
Christie’s AI art auction is sparking controversy as artists claim AI-generated works exploit copyrighted materials.
Artists seek to stop Christie’s from auctioning AI art because it’s “theft”
Thousands of artists have come together to demand that the renowned auction house Christie’s cancel its upcoming sale of AI-generated artwork, arguing that AI technology is being used to commit “mass theft” of human creativity.
First Christie’s Auction Devoted Exclusively To AI Art Sparks Backlash
Fine-arts auction house Christie's announces “Augmented Intelligence,” its first auction dedicated entirely to art made with AI. Not all artists are happy about it.
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