AI to help churches and castles fight wave of graffiti and vandalism

The systems can learn the artists’ style, choice of colours and where they buy their paint

Artificial intelligence could become a crucial weapon to deter graffiti vandals from defacing churches, castles and monasteries, after historic sites experienced a dramatic increase in such attacks over the past year.

Historic England is pursuing a pioneering project that could see AI identify culprits from their tags, track their movements by matching graffiti in different areas, and analyse paints to establish where they obtained …

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