AI Transforms the Deciphering of Ancient Texts

Google DeepMind has unveiled an artificial intelligence tool named Aeneas that promises to transform how historians study ancient Roman inscriptions. Named after the mythical Trojan hero, this revolutionary AI system can predict missing words in damaged Latin texts, determine where and when inscriptions were created, and identify historical connections between different texts across the Roman Empire, reports  The Guardian. The tool could be a leap in digital archaeology, offering historians capabilities that would traditionally require decades of specialized knowledge to develop.