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Yad Vashem’s Simmy Allen explains how AI is being used to identify Holocaust victims

NEW AI technology has helped researchers identify 1,000 Holocaust victims by sifting through thousands of pages of survivor testimony.It is their goal to identify as many of the six million Jews lost to the horrors of the Holocaust as possible.

Yad Vashem's Ashley Bartov told The Sun: "I can't even count to you how much time it usually takes to go through and sift through this information. The AI program was created by Yad Vashem about two years ago and is still under development, but has already helped to connect families and uncover previously lost information and identities.Cops release CCTV of suspect after woman, 34, is stabbed to death on beach

While Yad Vashem does not expect to be able to identify all six million victims - because of the nature of the Holocaust and how entire families were killed within days - it is hopeful that with the help of AI it can name 5.2 million victims in theThe centre has already provided many victims' families with insight into the lives of their murdered loved ones - and sometimes even letters they wrote before they were killed.

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