🤖 AI & TechThe VergeThursday, November 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM UTC1h ago

No, AI agents did not discover a previously unknown Maya site

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Armed with a team of AI agents, Google researcher Pietro Miotti claimed earlier this week to have discovered a potentially unmapped Maya site in Mexico. There was just one problem: The site had already been discovered and was published in an academic journal last year. The incident, which sparked cr

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No, AI agents did not discover a previously unknown Maya site

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