Did AI discover a new Raphael painting? System shows a 97% probability the famed artist created it

A Chicago native was on a mission to prove the $30,000 painting he purchased at an antique store was created by the famed Raphael and 30 years later, artificial intelligence finds a 97 percent match. Anthony Ayers bought the painting, known as the Flaget Madonna, in 1995 and four years ago, he commissioned an AI firm to analyze the paint and wood panels. Art Recognition used its machine learning software to examine the brushstrokes, determining the famed Italian painted the faces of Mary and infant Jesus with high probability. The firm trained its software with millions of artworks to verify the authenticity of art, and fewer than 10 percent of its clients have received higher than 95 percent. While Ayers and his friends have spent more than $500,000 hiring specialists to analyze the paints and wooden panels, the last Raphael masterpiece sold for $48 million in 2009 - a sketch titled'Head of a Muse.' Ayers, however, died in 2022 at age 64, but his wife, Dawn Turco, is carrying on with her late husband's quest.