Fraudsters are using AI systems to forge art documents

Art galleries and insurers are dealing with a flood of forged documents built with AI, a trend now changing how people file claims, seek valuations, and defend ownership records, according to the Financial Times. One fine art loss adjuster allegedly said they received dozens of valuation certificates for decorative paintings submitted in one claim. Each sheet looked correct at first, but the descriptions for different pieces were identical. That single detail pushed the adjuster to suspect the entire batch came from an automated system. That check opened the door to wider concerns about how often forged files are slipping into the process without anyone noticing. Exposing how fraudsters build convincing paperwork Olivia Eccleston, a fine art insurance broker at Marsh, said chatbots and large language models are now helping fraudsters forge sales invoices, valuations, provenance documents, and certificates of authenticity. Olivia said this adds a new layer to an old...

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