Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style.
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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) — the first of its kind for a major auction house — over concerns that the programs used to create some generative digital pieces are trained on copyrighted work and exploit human artists.
The online letter began circulating Saturday, the day after the Christie’s Augmented Intelligence sale was announced. The sale, which the auction house expects will bring in more than $600,000,…
