"We don't know for sure how it does it" - AI baffles scientists by correctly assigning individual fingerprints to one person, but they are unclear how it actually works

Person using finger print authentication.

A groundbreaking study at Columbia University is challenging the long-held belief that each fingerprint on a person's hand is entirely unique. 

According to the BBC, the research team has developed an AI tool capable of analyzing human fingerprints to determine if they belong to the same individual.