Artwork Made By Artificial Intelligence Was Sold For $400,000

Last year, British auction company Christie's grabbed headlines for selling a portrait said to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci --although may believe that the work may been painted by a follower, a studio assistant, or at best, a talented copyist -- for $450 million. This year, the company has sold what it describes as the "first portrait generated by an algorithm to come up for auction," for $432,000 despite predictions that the piece would be acquired for $7,000 to $ 10,000. The painting named Edmond de Belamy, from La Famille de Belamy was purchased via telephone by an anonymous French bidder. Prior to the auction, Christie's reportedly invested a considerable amount of time in making the item appealing to buyers. The work became the matter of press releases, was granted interviews and advertized as being "on canvass" and "in a gilded frame."