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Google Results for Johannes Vermeer Featured AI Version of His Artwork as Top Result
Google's search engine featured an AI-generated hyperrealistic version of the painting "Girl With a Pearl Earring" as the highlighted result when users search for its Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer.
- Date it happened
- 2023-05-21
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- While it is unclear which AI image generation software van Dieken used to generate the replica image, he likely inputted details about the original painting to prompt the AI to generate the image that
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