As millions of people are playing with AI-powered image-generation tools like DALL-E and Midjourney, new works of art are generated by the billions. Many of them are curiosities, some of them are legitimately incredible works of art that I wouldn't hesitate to stick on my wall. In fact, I did; I have a Meural digital art display, and it's currently playing a rotation of some of the most interesting works of art Midjourney has generated for me. The picture above made me think, though; the prompt for it is "Lovers, in the style of Banksy," which is remarkably close, stylistically, as a lot of other Banksy works -- it even put the frame on it for me, unprompted. With a small amount of manual retouching (or with a lot more experimentation), I am confident I could get Midjourney to generate a work that anybody would recognize as "a Banksy." It's paintbrushes at dawn as artists feel the pressure of AI-generated art The challenge becomes complex, and I'm going to be keeping a very close eye on the legal universe to see how this is going to evolve over time.

She has been described as "a vision of the future" who is every bit as good as other abstract artists today, but Ai-Da – the world's first ultra-realistic robot artist – hit a temporary snag before her latest exhibition when Egyptian security forces detained her at customs. Ai-Da is due to open and present her work at the Great Pyramid of Giza on Thursday, the first time contemporary art has been allowed next to the pyramid in thousands of years. But because of "security issues" that may include concerns that she is part of a wider espionage plot, both Ai-Da and her sculpture were held in Egyptian customs for 10 days before being released on Wednesday, sparking a diplomatic fracas. "The British ambassador has been working through the night to get Ai-Da released, but we're right up to the wire now," said Aidan Meller, the human force behind Ai-Da, shortly before her release. According to Meller, border guards detained Ai-Da at first because she had a modem, and then because she had cameras in her eyes (which she uses to draw and paint).

GANksy, a new artificial intelligence software, has been trained to produce works that mimic those of'a certain street artist'. 'GANksy wants to be put into a robot body so it can spraypaint the entire planet,' says the team, adding that all proceeds will be reinvested in the company.

Artificial intelligence is adept at doing many things: making deepfakes, determining disaster-related damage, and virtual urban planning, just to name a few. There are also some tasks that AI hasn't picked up quite as well -- like art. AI art is downright disturbing. This case is proven perfectly by GANksy, a clever piece of AI that's been trained on the work of renowned street artist Banksy. The results of GANksy's artistic pursuits to date have been strange, to say the least.

If you have ever dreamed of becoming a graffiti artist like Banksy, a robotic spray could help you cheat your way to greatness. The prototype gadget attaches to a can of paint and helps a novice replicate a photograph on a large canvas or wall. The invention could spawn a graffiti revolution, but is more likely to be used to create digital characters for films, for example. A robotic spray can is able to help a novice replicate a photograph on a large canvas or wall. This image shows the'target' photograph, top inset, simulated image (bottom inset) and finished painting, main Scientists from the ETH Zurich, Disney Research Zurich, Dartmouth College and Columbia University came up with the smart spray can and have demoed its artistic abilities in an impressive video.