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AI study suggests a London gallery’s been exhibiting a fake for years Algorithms are searching for art forgeries AI forgery detection Popovici may have been surprised, but the painting’s authorship has been disputed for decades. Scholars have argued that the style ismore heavy-handedthan any other works by Rubens. They point to Samson’s cropped toes as a clear sign that the piece wasn’t painted by the Flemish master. The algorithm has added credibility to their claims....

AI study: Climate crisis already impacts at least 85% of people An “attribution gap” suggests the real figure is even higher An attribution gap The researchers found that climate change studies were twice as likely to focus on high-income countries than low-income incomes. As low-income countries are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, 85%is probably an underestimate. “The fact that published evidence is sparse — even where we can observe human-caused changes to temperature or precipitation — shows that there is anurgent need for more scientific studyof the impacts of climate change in the global south,” said study author Max Callaghanin a post onCarbon Brief....

AI study: Climate crisis already impacts at least 85% of people An “attribution gap” suggests the real figure is even higher An attribution gap The researchers found that climate change studies were twice as likely to focus on high-income countries than low-income incomes. As low-income countries are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, 85%is probably an underestimate. “The fact that published evidence is sparse — even where we can observe human-caused changes to temperature or precipitation — shows that there is anurgent need for more scientific studyof the impacts of climate change in the global south,” said study author Max Callaghanin a post onCarbon Brief....

AI sucks at telling jokes — but it’s great at analyzing them Google’s PaLM is an impressive beast Story byThomas Macaulay Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

AI took control of my life — and introduced me to my future cyborg self I let algorithms run my 2021 The belly of the beast The first stop on my journey into automation was the kitchen. Why? Because I was hungry. I decided tocook a three-course mealof recipes created by the GPT-3 language model For my starter, GPT-3 generated a dish of honey and soy-glazed vegetables. The recipe included every necessary ingredient — except for vegetables....