Archaeologists use AI to reconstruct last moments of Pompeii victim

AI BRIEFING

• ⬤ AI-generated image of Pompeii man fleeing eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD is part of a project to make archaeological research more accessible to the public.
• ⬤ Researchers used digital portrait to offer a vivid new perspective on the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, revealing the last moments of a victim.
• ⬤ Debate sparked among scholars on the ethical dimensions of using AI in archaeological research, with some warning that the technology produces hypotheses rather than truths.