Humanoid Robot Ai-Da’s Alan Turing Portrait Fetches $1.3M At Sotheby’s Auction

A new chapter in art history unfolded when AI God, a portrait of computing pioneer and World War II codebreaker Alan Turing, sold for an unprecedented $1.3 million (£1m) at Sotheby’s Digital Art Sale. Created by the humanoid robot artist Ai-Da, the artwork shattered expectations, selling for more than seven times its estimated value and marking the first time a humanoid robot’s creation has achieved such prominence at a major auction house.