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The article argues that AI labs should start funding historical research, showcasing how frontier LLMs like GPT-6 can tackle historical problems such as cryptography and text tracing, potentially leading to significant advances in historical knowledge.
Google DeepMind introduces Aeneas, the first AI model for contextualizing ancient Latin inscriptions, helping historians identify parallels, restore fragmentary texts, and interpret historical evidence. The model is freely available to researchers and scholars at predictingthepast.com with open-sourced code and datasets.