The Art World Grapples With Digital Authenticity
As AI-generated images flood galleries, questions of originality take center stage.
The proliferation of AI-generated imagery is forcing the art world to confront fundamental questions about authorship, value, and authenticity.
Some artists embrace the tools as a new medium, while others fear the dilution of human creativity and the economics that sustain it.
Institutions are experimenting with provenance systems to help audiences distinguish and contextualize what they see.
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