Practically 6,500 artists demanded in an open letter that high-quality artwork public sale home Christieβs cancel its first present devoted solely to works created with AI. But, the present, Augmented Intelligence, went on β and reportedly exceeded expectations.
In line with Christieβs, the present introduced in additional than $700,000, with many heaps reaching past their excessive estimates. The highest sale was Anadolβs βMachine Hallucinations β ISS Desires β A,β a dynamic portray that algorithmically reimagines knowledge from the Worldwide Area Station and satellites. It fetched $277,200.
Christieβs VP and director of digital artwork gross sales, Nicole Gross sales Giles, instructed platform Artnet that the presentβs success βconfirmedβ that collectors acknowledge βinventive voices pushing the boundaries of artwork.β
Many artists donβt really feel that means.
Within the aforementioned letter, the undersigned accused Christieβs of that includes art work created utilizing AI fashions βidentified to be skilled on copyrighted workβ with out a license that βexploitβ human artists β utilizing their work with out permission to construct merchandise that compete with them.