Jason Allen won first place in the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Competition in the Digital Arts category for his work titled Théåtre D’opéra Spatial.
However, it was actually made by the popular Midjourney AI image generator. By giving the AI text prompts it creates full images in a variety of styles in seconds.
The award has sparked debate online over whether AI art should be considered art. It is a debate that some compare to the one that took place during the invention of the camera.