Archivists Turn to LLMs to Decipher Handwriting at Scale

# Handwriting-Reading AI Is Finally Good Enough to Transform Archives Large language models like ChatGPT can now read old handwriting well enough to unlock collections that were previously too difficult to access, turning what used to require trained experts and weeks of work into a job that takes seconds. This is particularly valuable for archives full of personal journals and historical documents written in cursive or other hard-to-read styles. The technology isn't perfect yet, but it's already changing how libraries and museums can make their collections available to researchers and the public.