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A search for “AI art” may be a search for works, tools, history or criticism. This archive addresses art-historical questions: how artificial intelligence enters artistic production and display, how practitioners describe their work, and how positions on labour, permission and artistic value take shape.
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AI art research 16 / 16 Study AI art through artistic practice, image generation, authorship, exhibitions and rights debates. Follow linked cases, dated events and original documents.
— AI art: a guide to practice, authorship and controversy A search for “AI art” may be a search for works, tools, history or criticism. This archive addresses art-historical questions: how artificial intelligence enters artistic production and display, how practitioners describe their work, and how positions on labour, permission and artistic value take shape. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read AI art: a guide to practice, authorship and controversy — What does AI art refer to? Research needs to identify the particular practice rather than group everything that has used AI into one category. Rule-based systems devised by artists, training or adapting models, image generation, editing and curatorial selection can be examined separately. A work’s medium, production process and its maker’s account explain its relationship to AI more precisely than a single label. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read What does AI art refer to? — How can “Can AI make art?” become a research question? Break the value judgment into questions that can be investigated: who receives credit, whose labour is visible, how does a work enter a competition or exhibition, and which rules guide an institution’s response? The cases below support comparisons of award refusals, open letters, platform policies and debates over copyright scope. Recording a position is not an endorsement or a judgment on the artistic value of every AI-related work. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read How can “Can AI make art?” become a research question? — How does AI art history differ from using AI to study art history? The former studies AI-related artistic practices and their institutional, social and technical contexts. The latter uses computational methods to analyse, retrieve or attribute artworks. They may overlap, but their questions and evidence differ. This archive’s genealogy and event records primarily approach the former, reading technical accounts alongside concrete artistic actions. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read How does AI art history differ from using AI to study art history? 2023 Boris Eldagsen / PSEUDOMNESIA award-refusal intervention Research is ongoing; collected events do not constitute a complete case history. Case Read Boris Eldagsen / PSEUDOMNESIA award-refusal intervention 2023 Eldagsen issues a statement declining a Sony photography award In a statement dated April 13, Eldagsen declines the Open competition’s Creative category award and calls for discussion of boundaries between AI images and photography. Event · United Kingdom / Germany Read Eldagsen issues a statement declining a Sony photography award 2025 Christie’s / Augmented Intelligence and open letter Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research. Case Read Christie’s / Augmented Intelligence and open letter 2025 Christie’s announces the Augmented Intelligence exhibition and sale Christie’s announces an AI-art exhibition and sale from February 20 to March 5, covering varied media and creative approaches. Event · United States Read Christie’s announces the Augmented Intelligence exhibition and sale 2025 Artists’ open letter calls for cancellation of Christie’s AI auction An open letter asks Christie’s to cancel the auction, alleging that some models used copyrighted works without permission. Event · United States / Global / online Read Artists’ open letter calls for cancellation of Christie’s AI auction 2023 Zarya of the Dawn / Review of comic copyright scope Research is ongoing; collected events do not constitute a complete case history. Case Read Zarya of the Dawn / Review of comic copyright scope 2023 Copyright Office notifies a narrower Zarya registration The Copyright Office confirms protection for the author’s text and selection, coordination and arrangement of text and images, excluding Midjourney-generated images. It says a narrower certificate will be issued, retaining the effective date of 2022-09-15. Event · United States Read Copyright Office notifies a narrower Zarya registration 2024 Procreate / Statement against introducing generative AI Research is ongoing; collected events do not constitute a complete case history. Case Read Procreate / Statement against introducing generative AI 2024 Procreate Japan states it will not introduce generative AI, as quoted in reporting An official-account post embedded by GIGAZINE shows Procreate Japan communicating its no-generative-AI position on August 18. The current official site continues to state “No generative AI.” Event · Australia / Japan Read Procreate Japan states it will not introduce generative AI, as quoted in reporting 2026 Connecticut provenance duties for large generative-AI providers take effect Section 15 of Public Act 26-15 takes effect on 1 October 2026. It imposes provenance duties on covered providers of generative-AI systems with over one million monthly users that are publicly accessible for personal use by Connecticut consumers. It concerns generated or materially altered audio, images and video, subject to commercial and technical reasonableness. Case Read Connecticut provenance duties for large generative-AI providers take effect 2026 Connecticut provenance duties for large generative-AI providers take effect Section 15 of Public Act 26-15 takes effect on 1 October 2026. It imposes provenance duties on covered providers of generative-AI systems with over one million monthly users that are publicly accessible for personal use by Connecticut consumers. It concerns generated or materially altered audio, images and video, subject to commercial and technical reasonableness. Event · United States Read Connecticut provenance duties for large generative-AI providers take effect — Further reading, sources & citation Follow the cases and original sources, and learn how to cite this topic and its historical evidence. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read Further reading, sources & citation 
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