For every thing, there is a fake. And for everything else, we just change the definition of what it means to be artificial until the fake thing is no longer considered fake:
Preventing counterfeiting by adding dye to liquid crystals to create uncrackable coded tags
Aug 2024, phys.org
They're creating anti-counterfeiting labels for high-value goods by mixing fluorescent dyes with cholesteric liquid crystals, which causes their helical structure to twist either left or right, thereby determining how the crystals reflect light, and producing a specific "light signature." Precise control over the twisting and the resulting light patterns makes these labels almost impossible to counterfeit.
via Nagoya University: Jialei He et al, Circularly Polarized Luminescence Chirality Inversion and Dual Anticounterfeiting Labels Based on Fluorescent Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Particles, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c08331
Image credit: It's actually real - Golden bug eggs on a sage leaf - Jochen Stern Nikon Small World - 2024 [link]
'World first' ruby grown in jewellery setting in lab
Sep 2024, BBC News
A tiny fragment of real ruby is grown in a furnace, and take just days and only "five hours of energy" to be developed."These lab-grown gemstones are not artificial. They mimic what grows over thousands of years in the earth, so they are a more affordable alternative to mined stones."
Sure they're not. What does artificial mean again? (artifice = making, crafting, skilled work)
Fighting honey fraud with AI technology
Apr 2025, phys.org
Until now, authenticating honey has been done through pollen analysis, a technique that fails after honey is processed or filtered. The new approach uses high-resolution mass spectrometry to scan honey at a molecular levelto create a unique chemical "fingerprint." Machine learning algorithms then read the fingerprint to verify the honey's origin.
via McGill's Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry: Shawninder Chahal et al, Rapid Convolutional Algorithm for the Discovery of Blueberry Honey Authenticity Markers via Nontargeted LC-MS Analysis, Analytical Chemistry (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01778
Following Layoffs, Automattic Employees Discover Leak-Catching Watermarks
Apr 2025, 404 Media
Cool (not cool) - "If, for example, a journalist published a screenshot leaked to them that was taken from P2, Automattic could theoretically identify the employee who shared it." ...Curious as to why can't we do this w AI and authorship?
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