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June 16, 2011 - A newly developed technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has given AI a different approach to restoring famous paintings - by using a removable mask (which can be interpreted as an "AI-generated solid layer") that allows for the reversible restoration of the paintings directly on the painting itself. According to a June 11 report in MIT News, the technology was designed by mechanical engineering graduate student Alex Kachkine, who has a passion for restoring paintings in the traditional hand-painted manner. He noticed that many art museums' collections had been sitting on the shelf for years because of the high cost and time involved in restoration. With this new method...