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  "id": 3327582,
  "title": "Art and algorithms at Sotheby’s",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/art-and-algorithms-at-sothebys",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Technology Review",
    "slug": "mit-technology-review",
    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1140908/art-and-algorithms-at-sothebys/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Do fine art and high tech ever converge? At Sotheby’s they do, thanks to Kelly Shen ’17. Shen works in the growing field of art intelligence for the New York auction house. Shen builds algorithms to predict prices, using factors like buying trends and artists’ popularity. She has also worked on such efforts as cataloguing…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}