Aimed at connecting artworks and culture, Microsoft develops AI-powered platform

INTERWOVEN represents these visually and intuitively, encouraging further exploration, discovery and cross-cultural exchange. The Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) and Microsoft announced the launch of a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform for connecting artworks and cultures around the world. The platform called INTERWOVEN is rooted in MAP's vast collection of South Asian textiles and was developed as part of Microsoft's AI for Cultural Heritage initiative, which leverages technology to empower people and organisations dedicated to the preservation and enrichment of art and culture. INTERWOVEN brings together collections from key institutions and partners across the world alongside MAP's (including the V&A in London, MET in New York, Rietberg in Zurich and the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada) to reveal connections between artworks from different cultures, mediums and time periods. INTERWOVEN represents these visually and intuitively, encouraging further exploration, discovery and cross-cultural exchange.