We're living in the age of AI artists and AI art museums, so the fact that an AI-powered robot just made bank at an art auction shouldn't come as a surprise. But we're talking bank. Ai-Da, the short-haired,

Da, a humanoid AI-powered robot, has made history as the first robot to sell a work of art at auction. The portrait, titled “AI God,” which depicts Alan Turing — the WWII Enigma code-breaker and early AI pioneer — sold for an impressive $1.

A robot powered by artificial intelligence created an abstract portrait of Alan Turing that could sell for an estimated $180,000.

Former gallerist Aidan Meller worked with a team of almost 30 people to build the robot, which is named Ai-Da, after Ada Lovelace.