Show HN: OSS AI agent that indexes and searches the Epstein files

An open-source AI “detective” just dropped on Hacker News, promising to search the sensitive Epstein archive—emails, messages, and documents—so anyone can poke around like a true-crime podcaster. Cue instant drama. The top vibe? Curious but deeply skeptical. One user cut straight to the chase: “And what did you learn?”—a mic-drop that became the unofficial theme. Another applauded the idea but griped about the basics, asking why common questions aren’t cached, aka saved for faster answers. Translation: good tool, but can it stop spinning its wheels?

The spiciest meme of the thread: “hallucinations.” That’s AI-speak for confidently making stuff up, and commenters warned this agent could cook up some wild theories if it’s guessing between redactions. A reality check hit hard: only about 1% of the files have been released, and many are blacked out, so the AI is searching a tiny, censored slice. That splashed cold water on the hype and sparked a fight between “this is useful” and “this could mislead people.”

Techies still wanted the nerd knobs—“vector embeddings” (think word math that helps the AI find related info) became the comment section’s favorite buzzword. Bottom line: it’s part detective, part rumor mill, and the crowd can’t decide if that’s thrilling or terrifying. Drama score: 9/10.