Enlarge / This fragmented inscription records a decree concerning the Acropolis of Athens and dates back to 485-484 BCE. (credit: Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0) Google DeepMind has collaborated with classical scholars to create a new AI tool that uses deep neural networks to help historians decipher the text of damaged inscriptions from ancient Greece. The new system, […]
The Amazon Echo Show 15 tries to keep families organized. [credit: Amazon ] At its invite-only hardware event today, Amazon . com revealed the new Echo Show 15 smart display, powered by the company’s next-generation “AI processor, ” the AZ2 Neural Edge. The upcoming Echo Show carries a 15. 6-inch screen with 1920×1080 resolution. Inside […]
Enlarge / Photographic reproduction of the Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran. It contains the entire Book of Isaiah in Hebrew, apart from some small damaged parts. (credit: Public domain) Most of the scribes who copied the text contained in the Dead Sea Scrolls were anonymous, as they […]