Artists Angered As AI-Generated Art Wins First Place

An award-winning work of digital art is not sitting well with the internet. Created by Jason M. Allen and entered into the Colorado State Fair annual art competition under the "Digital Arts/Digitally-Manipulated Photography" category, Théâtre D'opéra Spatial (pictured below) beat out 18 pieces of art to claim first place and the $300 USD prize. This issue -- the art was created using an AI software called Midjourney. The tool works by entering a set of keywords where an image is then generate...