First Artificial Intelligence Visual Search For UK Arts Sector

A ground-breaking artificial intelligence (AI) visual search tool – the first within the UK arts space – has been launched by AI specialist Visii for digital image licensing platform Artimage. Disrupting keyword search, Visii's intelligent visual search tool gives users the power to discover artworks they'll love based on their visual preferences. Users can focus on a subject, an artwork's composition or an artist's style, without needing to describe it or know of its existence; meaning discovery of hidden gems now becomes possible and easy. Visii uses advanced artificial intelligence methods to infer users' interests and generate visually relevant results. Its deep learning technology analyses thousands of visual descriptors within each image, the comparison of which is incredibly fast, returning results from large catalogues in less than 350 milliseconds.