Tech & Society
Ancient Scrolls Recovered: Researchers decipher scrolls charred by Mount Vesuvius using AI
Three researchers decoded scrolls that had gone unread since they were turned into charcoal by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79.
Deep Learning
Science
Deep Learning Discovers Antibiotics: Researchers used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics.
Biologists used neural networks to find a new class of antibiotics. Researchers at MIT and Harvard trained models to screen chemical compounds for those that kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the deadliest among bacteria that have...
Culture
K-Pop Sings in Many Tongues: K-Pop hit song recorded in 6 languages using deep learning
A Korean pop star recorded a song in six languages, thanks to deep learning. Midnatt (better known as Lee Hyun) sang his latest release, “Masquerade,” in English, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, and Vietnamese — none of which he speaks fluently.