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Researchers use AI to translate texts from 5,000 years ago into forgotten language; and the machine understands better decrees than poems

 The oldest known writing system is the cuneiform, invented in Mesopotamia by the Sumerians in the 4th millennium B.C. (a millennium before the Egyptian hieroglyphs) to write on clay tablets with punch or chisel (no paper and papyrus). Over the time it was in use (until the 1st century AD) it evolved from an ideographic system to a phonetic (syllabic) and underwent variations to adapt to the different languages that adopted it as their own, most of them unrelated to each other. This meant that the advances achieved in the translation of certain tablets could not always be applied to those found on other sites. Add to that the low availability of experts in such ancient and minority languages and you will have hundreds of thousands of boards in your hands waiting to be slowly translated. Most of these  documents remain untranslated and inaccessible due to their large number and limited number of experts able to read them. That’s until artificial intelligence is used to lend a h...
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Why did TSE make former President of Brazil Bolsonaro ineligible?

 Jair Bolsonaro is ineligible.


The TSE (Superior Electoral Court) formed a majority today to make Jair Bolsonaro (PL) ineligible. The score is 5-2 against the former president.

Why did he become ineligible? 

Bolsonaro is investigated by meeting with ambassadors. The PDT’s accusation is of abuse of power and misuse of the media.

The former president spoke especially about an inquiry opened by the PF in 2018, which uncovered a cyber invasion of TSE systems. Since the president leaked this document on his social networks last year, the court maintained that the hacker attack did not pose a risk to the integrity of the elections that year.

Bolsonaro hinted that none of the ministers would be impartial enough to conduct the electoral process. "What do we want? Peace and quiet. Now: why a group of just three people [Fachin, Barroso and Moraes], three people, wants to bring stability to our country?".

What did he say about everyone? 

Barroso: the former president said the minister would have "gained the confidence of the PT" by having a lawyer for the Italian Cesare Battisti, who was the target of a request for extradition to Italy at the time of the Lula government.

Fachin: Bolsonaro recalled that it was a decision of the minister in 2020 that made former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) eligible again.

Use of TV Brazil 

The meeting was broadcast by state-owned TV Brasil in July 2022, less than 80 days before the elections. Opposition MPs complained. The claim is that he would be using a public structure for his own benefit, and near the beginning of the electoral period.

What does the defense say? 

Bolsonaro’s defense says the meeting with ambassadors was an act of government, not a campaign.

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