How good is AI at interpreting images?

Last Thursday, Elaine demonstrated how ChatGPT could accurately transpose handwritten Old English text from a photograph.

This Thursday, September 12th, we will dig a little deeper.

I know I can tell a bat from a cat – but can AI? Is it safe to use face recognition to unlock my phone? What useful information can AI extract from images? Can it identify a fake? We will play with various AI tools to see how they shape up.