More than 3,000 people have signed onto an open letter circulating 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,

The controversy is hardly surprising. Many of today's most popular AI image generators were trained on copyrighted material without permission, and there's also a fear that AI will put artists out of work. But not all AI art is theft. Is this the right fight for those opposed to image generation?

Auction house Christie's plans to hold an AI art auction, an announcement that's drawn criticism from some users on social media.

Christie’s auction house, which has previously sold works created by artificial intelligence, has announced the first exhibition entirely dedicated to the art of neural networks, Azernews reports.

Ed Newton-Rex, a critic of the auction, took to X to voice his concerns. He highlighted that Christie's is promoting AI art pieces from DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion — all trained on thousands of artists' works without permission.

Christie’s AI art auction is sparking controversy as artists claim AI-generated works exploit copyrighted materials.

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