How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots

Ars Technica: It could be catastrophic, economically speaking, when the AI bubble finally bursts. But you point out that ...

Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals -- and undermining trust in science

When almost anyone can fabricate an image in seconds from a text prompt using artificial intelligence, how do people decide ...

Complete text of carbonised Herculaneum scroll unlocked for first time

By Crispian Balmer ROME, June 25 (Reuters) - Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday ...

Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI

A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually ...

Scientists have just unlocked the secrets of an ancient scroll torched by Mount Vesuvius

After a centuries-long struggle, scholars managed to read five feet of text, using machine-learning methods they hope can ...

AI helps decode new secrets from scrolls burned by Mount Vesuvius

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Have Deciphered the Surviving Fragments of a 2,000-Year-Old Philosophical Treatise Frozen in Time by Mount Vesuvius’ Eruption

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics ...

After Decades of Mystery, Researchers Locate a Missing Page of the Archimedes Palimpsest

A newly identified Archimedes Palimpsest leaf could help recover lost ancient mathematics using modern imaging techniques.
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Beyond OCR: The Three Core Challenges of Translating Visual Text—and How One Platform Tackles Them

Explore the three core challenges of translating visual text beyond OCR, including context, layout, and multilingual accuracy ...