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The Vesuvius Challenge awards money to researchers who use AI to decipher ancient scrolls.
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AI helps scientists decipher papyrus scroll burnt in Vesuvius eruption
The scroll was first discovered in the 1750s but was too fragile to open. Using AI, scholars deciphered the full text and discovered a philosophical treaties on ethics and human progress.
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2,000-year-old scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius eruption finally deciphered with help from AI
Experts have unraveled substantial new text from two carbonized Herculaneum scrolls, including what may be a previously unknown work by a Stoic philosopher.
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Contest launched to decipher Herculaneum scrolls using 3D X-ray software
Global research teams who can improve AI and accelerate decoding could win $250,000 in prizes
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