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118 Ignoring Protests, Christie's Holds AI Art Auction, Makes Big Money

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 03/09/2025 00:34 EDT

Ignoring Protests, Christie's Holds AI Art Auction, Makes Big Money

As Christie's auction house planned the first-ever auction dedicated to AI-generated art works, over 5,600 people signed an online letter urging them to cancel it. "Many of the artworks you plan to auction were created using AI models that are known to be trained on copyrighted work without a license," the letter complained.
"These models, and the companies behind them, exploit human artists, using their work without permission or payment to build commercial AI products that compete with them. Your support

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