{"id":271882,"date":"2025-07-18T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/271882\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:15:14","slug":"robot-artist-ai-da-unveils-portrait-of-king-charles-iii-at-the-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/271882\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot artist Ai-Da unveils portrait of King Charles III at the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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King Charles III just got a royal portrait – painted not by a human, but by a robot.<\/p>\n

In a scene that felt like something out of a dystopian Ridley Scott movie, a painting of the monarch created by a robot named Ai-Da was unveiled at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. But Ai-Da isn\u2019t just your typical robot.<\/p>\n

Titled “Algorithm King”, the oil painting is the latest work by Ai-Da Robot, the world\u2019s first ultra-realistic robot artist<\/strong><\/a>. Created in 2019, Ai-Da is able to draw and paint thanks to high-tech cameras in her eyes, complex AI algorithms and a specially-designed robotic arm. <\/p>\n

Her latest regal piece was shown alongside her earlier portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II, “Algorithm Queen”, which she painted to mark the Platinum Jubilee.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the UN’s AI for Good Global Summit, Ai-Da said: “Presenting my portrait of His Majesty King Charles III is not just a creative act, it\u2019s a statement about the evolving role of AI in our society, and to reflect on how artificial intelligence is shaping the cultural landscape.” <\/p>\n

Created by gallerist and researcher Aidan Meller, Ai-Da can draw, paint, sculpt, and even engage in conversation, thanks to a sophisticated language model.<\/p>\n

\u201cAi-Da chose to paint His Majesty King Charles III because he has an admirable and thoughtful leadership style,” Meller told Euronews Culture. “As both a monarch and a long-standing advocate for the arts and sustainability, King Charles emphasises some concerns that Ai-Da’s work also seeks to explore \u2013 the tension between traditional and the contemporary, for example.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ai-Da has already made history. Earlier this year, a painting by the robot sold at Sotheby\u2019s for a staggering one million dollars<\/strong><\/a>. But the true significance of her work might lie less in the gallery and more in the debate it provokes.<\/p>\n

“Ai-Da\u2019s work challenges us to reconsider long-held assumptions about human ingenuity and the purpose of art itself,” Meller explained. “More broadly, the portrait invites discussion about the ethical use of AI in the arts: how humans and machines can work together collaboratively.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 17\/07\/2025 – 16:45 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT King Charles III just got a royal portrait – painted not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[323,1942,7709,7730,7731,1760,518,3692,7710,519,359],"class_list":{"0":"post-271882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-british-royal-family","11":"tag-charles","12":"tag-charles-iii","13":"tag-king-charles","14":"tag-king-charles-iii","15":"tag-robot","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-video"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114873953559201117","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}