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AI-generated artwork wins US competition, angers art community

Is AI replacing artists or simply complementing their work?

Artists participating in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition were furious after the president of the Colorado-based tabletop gaming company Incarnate Games, Jason Allen, won the first prize in the Digital Art Category, according to a report published by CNBCTV18.com on Saturday.


An AI-generated image printed on a canvas

Allen won in the Digital Arts / Digitally Manipulated Photography category with a work called “Thé tre D’opéra Spatial” which is an AI-generated image printed on a canvas.

The painting depicts a scene that resembles a space opera. In the image, several figures in a Baroque Hall stare through a circular viewport into what looks like a sun-drenched landscape.