The First AI-Powered Artwork Sold at Auction - Apparently.
In 2018, a painting generated by an AI algorithm called "Edmond de Belamy" sold for $432,500 at Christie's auction house in Paris. The artwork was created by the French art collective Obvious, which used a generative adversarial network (GAN) to produce the piece. The sale marked a significant moment in the intersection of art and artificial intelligence, sparking debate about the role of human creativity and the value of AI-generated art. The sale price was a surprise to many, as it exceeded the estimate of $7,000 to $10,000.