Elon Musk has pledged financial support for a project that uses artificial intelligence to decode ancient scrolls that have been unreadable for centuries. What Happened: The project, known as the Vesuvius Challenge, initiated in March by Nat Friedman, the former CEO of GitHub, Daniel Gross, and Brent Seales, has achieved a significant breakthrough. The team comprising Youssef Nader, Luke Farritor, and Julian Schilliger has successfully used AI to read entire paragraphs from charred scrolls from the Roman town of Herculaneum, which were preserved by the volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii. Se…
