“Archive Genocide” releases Gaza Node Map v2 with AI tool
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A digital project aimed at organizing footage and records from the war on Gaza has released an updated version of its interactive tool.
Called the Gaza Node Map v2, it connects thousands of video clips, locations, people, and events into a searchable network, and now includes a built-in AI helper named Iris.
The group behind the effort, known as Archive Genocide, announced the update recently. “We have released the Gaza Node Map v2, which now includes a built-in AI assistant called ‘Iris’. It can help users navigate the map, search for specific people, strikes, locations, etc + many bug fixes,” the organizers wrote in a public post.
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According to the project, the map currently holds more than 87,000 events drawn from over 131,000 video clips.
Each clip comes with a digital fingerprint that users can check for authenticity.
It also links roughly 224,000 connections between events, people, places, and facilities, and identifies about 72,000 people listed as dead in the archive’s records.
New features include voice commands, the ability to generate reports, downloadable evidence packages, and citation formats useful for research.
Iris is still in early testing.
The team says it is being trained on large amounts of videos, images, and reports related to the conflict, with the longer-term goal of turning it into a detailed research assistant that can recall information accurately and help with facial recognition.
For now, its search tools remain limited for security reasons, though more features are expected in the coming weeks.
“We are training Iris on hundreds of thousands of videos, images and reports of the Gaza genocide, with the end goal of it being a leading world forensic expert on Gaza—with perfect memory recall + facial recognition,” the announcement stated.
Users can access the map at archivegenocide.com/nodes.
The project stresses that every entry comes from existing footage or posts rather than being created by hand, and that locations are tied to publicly available map data so others can verify them.
It remains in beta, and the creators recommend using a computer rather than a phone for the best experience while they continue fixing issues.
