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By Eleanor Lawrie, Technology of Business reporter
Last year a portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for $432,000 . A bit steep, you might think, for a picture of someone you've never heard of. And you won't have heard of the artist either, as the picture was created by an algorithm drawing on a data set of 15,000 portraits painted between the 14th and 20th Centuries.The sale, which astonished auction house Christie's, raised many important questions.
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