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University of Kentucky challenged computer scientists to reveal contents of carbonised papyrus, a ‘potential treasure trove for historians’When the blast from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached Herculaneum in AD79, it burned hundreds of ancient scrolls to a crisp in the library of a luxury villa and buried the Roman town in ash and pumice.The disaster appeared to have destroyed the scrolls for good, but nearly 2,000 years later researchers have extracted the first word from one o

Prof Mary Ryan on the funding issues that women face when it comes to investment in AI startups and other businessesThe Alan Turing Institute is right to highlight the gender imbalance in investment for artificial intelligence startups (Female-founded AI startups win just 2% of funding deals in UK, 4 October). With AI set to have a far-reaching impact on all our lives, this is not just an issue of fairness. We cannot afford to leave half our talent pool untapped.These funding issues are not limi

The rise of management by AI raises urgent questions about data and big tech. We need new legislation to tackle itHollywood’s recent battles between screenwriters and the robots threatening their jobs should have been a wake-up call for millions of European workers. Who will protect our working rights from the algorithms, which increasingly act like our bosses?The traditional landscape of our workplaces, from factories to offices, is being dramatically transformed by the proliferation of r