AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time
AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time

AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time

A student, as part of a contest, used a machine-learning algorithm and CT scans to analyse on closed scrolls, buried by Mount Vesuvius in October AD 79. The breakthrough could unlock the contents of hundreds of never-before-seen writings.