Plots, love letters and remedies: The medieval secrets being revealed by AI 9.9%
BBC - By Sandrine Ceurstemont - 5/28/2026, 9:34 AM
Optimism Bias 18.7% - Anecdotal 15.8% - Biased Writer Voice 15.7%
Historic messages and documents obscured by incomprehensible ciphers can be found in libraries and archives all over the world. Artificial intelligence is helping historians crack open these mysterious texts. Deep in the archives of the Vatican library, a mysterious hand-written book, scrawled with strange symbols, had lain unread for... more