Old News, New Tricks: How AI Breathes Life into Newspaper Historic Headlines | Daniel Horowitz
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how MyHeritage is revolutionizing genealogy with artificial intelligence. In this talk, you’ll discover how the company’s content team built OldNews.com — a powerful new platform launched in March 2024 that now houses over 400 million digitized newspaper pages.
Learn how MyHeritage uses cutting-edge OCR technology to transform old microfilm into searchable stories packed with genealogical treasures like obituaries, marriage announcements, and social notes. Whether you’re a family historian or tech enthusiast, this session will inspire you with the creative ways AI is bringing the past back to life.
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Daniel Horowitz
Dedicated to Genealogy since 1986, Daniel was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project “Searching for My Roots” in Venezuela for 15 years. He is involved in several crowdsource digitization and transcription projects, and holds a board-level position at The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA). Since 2006 Daniel has been working at MyHeritage liaising with genealogy societies, bloggers, and media, as well as lecturing, and attending conferences around the world.
