Checking out AI: University library puts emerging technology to the test

In a meeting room at the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, a Chinese film poster flickers onto a large screen. Haiqing Lin, the library's head of technical services, is demonstrating an interface he built. With a few practiced clicks, he sends the image—one of 2,000 posters from the Paul Fonoroff collection—through an artificial intelligence model. Seconds later, a draft catalog description appears.