It caused something more than a stir when the first artificial intelligence (AI)-generated artwork – an indistinct face of a pseudonymous Edmond de Belamy – sold for US$432,500 on an October ...

Earlier this year, however, an AI painting (“Portrait of Edmond de Belamy”) was sold for a staggering £337,000. How are we using AI software? We want to tackle a centuries-old conundrum: what makes ...