Schmidt Sciences Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI) announced 19 new projects funded, 2 of which are based at UW, including one in Classical Japanese orthography co-led by Paul S. Atkins at the University of Washington and Tomo Miyazaki at Tohoku University (TU).
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Using AI to reconstruct a marble map of Rome that shattered in 226 AD. Analyzing sperm whale calls for evidence of vowels and regional accents. Drawing on ancient records to understand why some societies endured climate stress while others faced famine. These are among the 19 projects that will receive $10 million from Schmidt Sciences to bring artificial intelligence to bear on some of the humanities’ most stubborn puzzles and help researchers develop and test new AI capabilities while making their work open source. Teams will openly share the tools and resources they develop, including code, model weights and benchmark datasets.