Israeli scientists have developed an AI model that can reconstruct and even predict what people are seeing with startling accuracy. The AI model, called Brain-IT, has been trained to recognize similar patterns of brain activity that occur in different people when they look at images. Unlike earlier AI models, it can then recreate those images with a high level of accuracy and relative speed, completing the process in about an hour instead of the several hours previously required. The technology could eventually help paralyzed or "locked-in" patients communicate through visual or thought translation.

Peggy Roalf:  Do you remember the first art book you ever purchased?  Why did it capture your attention? Chris Sharp: I don't remember the actual first art book that I bought, but one book that really stands out and is my go to for inspiration is August Macke's Tunisian Watercolors and Drawings. I found this in a bookstore in Oslo after moving to Norway and was preparing to travel around Southern Europe and sketch my summer away.  August Marke's style felt l...