Ai-Da robot makes history with a $1.08 million art sale at Sotheby's, attracting 27 bids for Alan Turing’s portrait before an anonymous buyer claimed it.

A robot powered by artificial intelligence created an abstract portrait of Alan Turing that could sell for an estimated $180,000. ... AI robot 'art' might fetch $180K through Sotheby's auction.

And so Ai-Da the art-producing robot was born (named after Victorian computing visionary Ada Lovelace). Ai-Da has a humanoid head and neck, including a full head of long hair.

Ai-Da's artistic journey. The auction for Ai-Da's portrait of Alan Turing is scheduled for Oct. 31 to Nov. 7. While this may be Ai-Da's debut at Sotheby's, it's far from her first artistic ...