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Over 5,000 artists have called for Christie’s auction house to cancel its first-ever AI art auction, labelling it “mass theft” of human artists’ work.
The petition urges the firm to cancel the event – where pieces range from $10,000 to $250,000 (£8,000 to £202,000). Signators have highlighted a “serious concern” over the exploitation of artists.
The petition says many of the artworks Christie’s plans to auction were created using AI models that are known to be trained on copyrighted work without a licence, Sky News reports.
Christie’s said the works in the auction used AI to “enhance” the art. The auction is scheduled to run from 20 February to 5 March.
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