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AI has passed the aesthetic Turing Test − and it’s changing our relationship with art

  • Written by Tamilla Triantoro, Associate Professor of Business Analytics and Information Systems, Quinnipiac University
imageIt may not have a soul, but AI has learned the mathematical recipe for the sights and sounds that most people find moving.Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Pick up an August 2025 issue of Vogue and you’ll come across an advertisement for the brand Guess featuring a stunning model. Yet tucked away in small print is a startling...

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