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Painting Drawn by Robot Sold for $700,000

Paintings of humanoid robot Sophia are seen at her studio before auctioning her own nonfungible token (NFT) artwork, in Hong Kong, China, March 17, 2021. Reuters
Paintings of humanoid robot Sophia are seen at her studio before auctioning her own nonfungible token (NFT) artwork, in Hong Kong, China, March 17, 2021. Reuters
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Painting Drawn by Robot Sold for $700,000

Paintings of humanoid robot Sophia are seen at her studio before auctioning her own nonfungible token (NFT) artwork, in Hong Kong, China, March 17, 2021. Reuters
Paintings of humanoid robot Sophia are seen at her studio before auctioning her own nonfungible token (NFT) artwork, in Hong Kong, China, March 17, 2021. Reuters

A digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia was sold at auction on Thursday for $688,888 in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT), a digital signature saved on blockchain ledgers that allow anyone to verify the ownership and authenticity of items.

NFTs have become the latest investment craze, with one artwork selling this month for nearly $70m, according to Reuters.

Sophia, who was unveiled in 2016, produced her art in collaboration with 31-year-old Italian digital artist Andrea Bonaceto, known for colorful portraits, some of which depict famous people such as Tesla's chief executive Elon Musk.

The robot has combined elements from Bonaceto's works, art history and her own physical drawings or paintings on various surfaces multiple times in a process her creator David Hanson describes as "iterative loops of evolution".

Titled "Sophia Instantiation", the digital work is a 12-second MP4 file showing the evolution of Bonaceto's portrait into Sophia's digital painting, and is accompanied by a physical artwork, painted by Sophia on a printout of her self-portrait.

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Power Generation Loss in Spain’s Blackout Started in Granada, Badajoz, Seville 

Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)
Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)
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Power Generation Loss in Spain’s Blackout Started in Granada, Badajoz, Seville 

Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)
Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)

An abrupt power generation loss that led to a massive grid disruption and blackout in Spain and Portugal on April 28 started in the southern areas of Spain around Granada, Badajoz and Seville, Energy Minister Sara Aagesen said on Wednesday.

Several investigations involving government, security agencies and technical experts are looking into the unprecedented power outage, but it is the first time Spanish authorities point to specific areas as the origin of the events.

"We are analyzing millions of data ... But there are already elements that we know," Aagesen told lawmakers, adding that investigators had ruled out supply and demand imbalance and insufficient grid capacity as causes.

"We also continue to make progress in identifying where these generation losses occurred and we already know that they started in Granada, Badajoz and Seville," she said.