Thousands of artists call for 'mass theft' AI auction to be cancelled More than 3,000 artists have called for Christie's to cancel its first-ever AI art auction, calling it "mass theft" of human artists' work.
"I don't blame artists for using AI products that are available on the market, but I question why Christie's would implicitly condone these models by selling these works for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, when the exploitative technology behind them is impoverishing so many artists desperately trying to make a living.".
He said: "It looks like around nine of the works in the auction were made using AI models that companies built using other artists' work without permission.
The petition, directed at Christie's, reads: "Your support of these models, and the people who use them, rewards and further incentivises AI companies' mass theft of human artists' work.
"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.".
