# Bad Influence story: Pietro Miotti's AI agents flag a possibly unregistered Maya site in Mexican lidar data

Active · 2 articles · 1 source · First reported 11-11 07:05. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/a1204082-d4fe-4423-b2a2-d16bb1170b66

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Latest update (11-11 07:05): Pietro Miotti's AI agents flag an unmapped Maya site in Mexican lidar data

Overview: Pietro Miotti says 48 AI agents analyzed about 1,200 km² of public NASA lidar data over Mexico's Maya region and flagged a hilltop site with a pyramid, plaza and raised courtyard that appeared unregistered. Miotti says the agents converted the lidar strips into images and searched for pyramids, platforms and plazas.

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) replied that no registered archaeological site exists at that location. The finding is not yet official. Miotti later noted that archaeologists had already mapped the site in a 2025 study, according to one report.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-11 07:05 · Hacker News · AI (150+ points) · [Pietro Miotti's AI agents flag an unmapped Maya site in Mexican lidar data](https://badinfluence.news/items/b9fw6sq6swzf1jycnypb5pvlm)
2. 11-11 07:05 · Hacker News · AI (150+ points) · [Pietro Miotti uses AI agents to scan NASA lidar data for unrecorded Maya sites](https://badinfluence.news/items/r8fkkf826n71mmtuf5po813x3)
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