Google's AI Aeneas Aids Study of Ancient Roman Inscriptions

Imagine a super-smart computer program called Aeneas, named after a hero from old Roman stories.

This program can read ancient Roman writings, like those on old stones and buildings.

These writings are often broken or hard to read, but Aeneas can help.

It figures out where the writings came from, when they were written, and even guesses what the missing words might be.

It does this by looking at lots of other writings from the same time period.

Historians who study the Romans can now use Aeneas to learn more about what life was like a long, long time ago, even if they're not experts!