Last year, artificial intelligence and its associated tools—Chat GPT-4, image-generators like Midjourney and DALL-E, and more—swept through the art world, leaving new creations in their wake, as well as a trail of destruction. This year has been an inflection point in the development of AI. Copyright lawsuits filed by artists are progressing through the courts, major institutions are commissioning or exhibiting AI works, new artists are using AI to critique or reflect contemporary society, and ever more advanced tools are heading to market. The bleeding edge of the future appears to be here.

Over the next two weeks, ARTnews will sort out the hype around AI from the reality, talking to artists, technologists, institutions, and market players about tech’s growing entwinement with the art world.

25 Essential AI Artworks

See 25 of the most important artworks that involve AI or interrogate it, by artists like Refik Anadol, Hito Steyerl, & Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst.

Alex Greenberger

AI-Generated Images Are Spreading Paranoia and Misinformation. Can Art Historians Help? 

An art historian argues that provenance research—rather than connoisseurship—is our best tool for authentication.

Sonja Drimmer

OpenAI’s Sora Text-to-Video Generator Is Already Creating New Opportunities for Artists

It seems a matter of when, not if, video produced by OpenAI’s Sora will become a normal part of production for not just brands, but artists too.

Sophia Herring

Will AI Change Art History Forever?

AI’s ability to analyze paintings is already clear, but some experts say by-the-book art historians are still needed.

Taylor Dafoe