AI agents rediscover Maya site
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Intelligent agents such as Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok discovered an officially unrecorded Mayan site in Mexico by analyzing NASA LiDAR data. The site is located on a mountain top in the jungle and includes structures such as plazas, pyramids, and courtyards. The agents completed the entire process from inspiration to government formal reply within less than 72 hours and submitted the report to the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). INAH confirmed that the location has not been registered, although subsequent discoveries show the site has been mapped by anthropologists such as Estrada-Belli in their 2025 research. Google SWE used 48 AI agents to analyze NASA radar data and also identified suspected pyramid, plaza, and reservoir structures within 72 hours, which have also not been officially recorded.
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- Hacker News · 300+AI agents like Gemini discovered unrecorded Mayan ruins in Mexico by analyzing NASA LiDAR data.
Intelligent agents such as Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok discovered an officially unrecorded Mayan site in Mexico by analyzing NASA LiDAR data, completing the entire process from inspiration to government formal reply in less than 72 hours. The site is located on a mountain top in the jungle, containing structures such as plazas, pyramids, and courtyards. The agents identified and submitted reports to the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH), which confirmed that the location had not been registered (later verified that the site had been mapped by anthropologists).
- Hacker News · AI hot postsGoogle SWE uses 48 AI agents to analyze NASA radar data, discovering unreported Mayan pyramids in Mexico within 72 hours
Google SWE uses 48 AI agents to analyze NASA radar data, discovering unreported Mayan pyramids in Mexico within 72 hours; the agents process 1,200 km² of radar images, identifying suspected pyramids, plazas, and reservoir structures with right angles and sharp corners, which have been confirmed by the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico as not being in the registered records.
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