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AI agents flagged a possible unmapped Maya site in NASA LiDAR data in 72 hours

Pietro Miotti posted on X on November 10 that 48 general-purpose AI agents scanned 1,200 km2 of NASA LiDAR data in 72 hours and flagged a hilltop in Mexico absent from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) records, with INAH replying it has no registered archaeological site at the submitted location. Miotti said the agents found open data, inspected the imagery, checked archives and drafted a report to the national institute without any specialist model, and that a permitted field check is the next step.

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AI agents flagged a possible unmapped Maya site in NASA LiDAR data in 72 hours
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Pietro Miotti says 48 agents scanned 1,200 km2 of NASA LiDAR data and flagged a hilltop absent from INAH records. A permitted field check is the next step.

        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
        · Published 

Primary source: [x.com](https://x.com/PietroMiotti/status/2120219901814043087)

Why it matters #

Miotti describes using general-purpose agents to find open data, inspect 1,200 km2 of imagery, check archives and draft a report to a national institute in 72 hours, with no specialist model involved.

Pietro Miotti (@PietroMiotti) says his AI agents flagged a possible unmapped Maya site in Mexico after scanning NASA LiDAR data, and that Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History replied that it has no registered archaeological site at the location he submitted. He posted the claim in a thread on X on November 10th and laid out the timeline in his full account.

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