A painting by an AI robot of the eminent World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for $1,084,800 (£836,667) at auction. Sotheby's said there were 27 bids for the digital art sale of "A.I. God", which had been originally estimated to sell for between $120,000 (£9,252) and $180,000 (£139,000).

An AI robot’s painting of British computer scientist and codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for $1.08 million, becoming the most valuable artwork by a humanoid robot ever to change hands at auction and raising new questions about the role of artificial intelligence in art.

A portrait of Alan Turing created by a robot has been auctioned for more than £800,000 and made history in the process.Ai-Da Robot, named after Ada Lovelace, who is considered to be the first computer programmer,

Sotherby's says the Ai-Da Robot work "marks a moment in the history of modern and contemporary art".

The sale marks the first time an artwork by a humanoid robot has ever been sold at auction and has been described as a “new frontier in the global art market.” View on euronews