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Google’s new AI deciphers missing Latin words in Roman inscriptions

Google’s DeepMind has unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool capable of deciphering and contextualising ancient texts, including Roman-era Latin inscriptions. The new AI, named Aeneas, could be a ...
The New York Times

Arcadius Avellanus Elaborates His Reasons for Considering Latin Eminently Fitted to be Used As a Universal Language -- More Light on the Miller Quotation -- Various Communications.

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Hindustan Times

AI just cracked the code: Ancient Roman messages erased for centuries are finally revealed

Centuries after the Roman Empire left its mark across, many of its stories still sit locked inside damaged stone and pottery. In recent years, researchers faced the daunting problem of reading ancient ...
New Scientist

Do we really know how ancient Romans pronounced Latin words? (Part 2)

The evidence for the hard “c” sound in Latin is strong, but more interesting is the reason for the shift to the soft “c” before “e” and “i” in modern languages. These vowels are formed further ...
New Scientist

Do we actually know how the ancient Romans pronounced Latin words?

We have three sources of information: languages that are descended from Latin; the Proto-Indo-European language, from which most languages in Europe and southern Asia descended; and transliterations ...