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Those releases gave us a chance to stress test our existing tools and create a wish list of search gadgets and buttons
A.I. enabled us to create specializing tooling to parse the Epstein files in just a couple of days that would normally take engineering teams weeks to build
One way we did that was by leveraging something called semantic search which lets reporters search for concepts and find matching text even if the exact language is not in the document
This included tools to search photos visually identify duplicate documents sift through video and audio transcripts and compile research reports on new developments with key figures and topics
Investigators received dozens of leads related to Trump
Trump has a troubling history with women including being found liable for sexual abuse
In many cases what we are seeing in some online videos is an A.I. hallucination of what it assumes is under the redaction black box
We do not make assumptions we need to verify which often means painstaking work that can take time
People are claiming to “undo” redactions using A.I. or other techniques
We have used other available documents to fill in the blanks and called sources that we have developed over years of reporting on Epstein
A file of text messages between Epstein and Steve Bannon includes a photo of Trump giving a speech with his face covered with a black redaction box
The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted nude images as part of the document release
A lot of news clippings are mixed into the files
The tools built helped quickly verify these types of claims
The author used caution and looked for multiple versions of the same document when possible
The author reported the files contained more than 38000 references to President Trump
An email described a Brazilian woman as =9yo when the = was an apparent error since another version read 19yo
The documents contain duplicates glitches and inconsistent redactions which can amplify confusion
The emails did not include corroborating evidence and The New York Times is not describing the details of the unverified claims
The author wanted to do two things