{
  "id": 8575938,
  "title": "Human better than AI: AI has serious weaknesses in recognizing shapes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/mensch-besser-als-ki-ki-hat-gravierende-schwachen-beim-erkennen-von",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-20T01:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/forschung-innovation/mensch-besser-als-ki-ki-hat-gravierende-schwaechen-beim-erkennen-von-formen/100255873.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Researchers at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine have found that artificial intelligence (KI) systems struggle to recognize objects and living things when only their silhouettes are visible. In a study published in \"iScience\", the team, led by Biyu He, tested over 200 KI models and found that they performed poorly when identifying shapes and silhouettes, unlike human observers. The KI models relied heavily on local details and patterns, whereas humans prioritized overall shape. The study's findings have implications for the development of more robust KI systems for applications such as autonomous driving and vision prosthetics.",
  "summary": "Why AI often fails to recognize even the simplest outlines - and suddenly interprets cats as \"crosswords\".",
  "key_points": [
    "Humans outperform AI in recognizing shapes and forms.",
    "AI struggles with local details and surface patterns.",
    "Disrupted shapes cause AI systems to fail completely."
  ],
  "editors_take": "This research indicates that current AI models must be fundamentally retooled to prioritize overall shape and holistic visual processing to match human performance in challenging visual conditions.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}