How AI is being used to track art stolen by the Nazis

NPR | By Chloe Veltman

Published August 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM MDT

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As momentum builds to recover artworks stolen during World War Two by the Nazis, researchers have created an AI chatbot that aims to trace the ownership and location history of works of art.

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