Battle of the AIs: rival tech teams clash over who painted ‘Raphael’ in UK gallery

  • 2023-09-09 08:00:00
  • The Guardian

As is now well known, artificial intelligence has long been used for all kinds of tasks-the novelty lies in its assumed ability to replace humans, not in its abilities as a technology aimed at analysis.

Recently, two research teams, using different AI services, analyzed in detail a famous painting depicting the Madonna with the child Jesus in her arms. The two rival tech teams came to contradictory conclusions regarding the work's origins.

Currently on display in the City of Bradford's Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, the subject of the dispute turns out to be owned by the famous artist Raphael, according to one of the two teams. The other, however, believes it is impossible that it was painted by the master.