"AI Unlocks 2,000-Year-Old Secrets from Ancient Scrolls"
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Three students won the Vesuvius Challenge and a $700,000 prize for using AI to translate previously unreadable text from the Herculaneum papyri, buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The passages they uncovered discuss "how to enjoy life's pleasures." The competition aims to decode the ancient scrolls, and the founders hope to eventually read the entirety of all 800 scrolls using AI and machine learning.
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