Brit Morin: Internet sleuths are using AI to analyze Nancy Guthrie case evidence
Brit Morin · Why OpenAI Can't Win The Decentralized AI Future (OpenClaw, Apple's Win, X.AI Exodus) · More or Less Podcast · Feb 13, 2026 · at 58:22
Brit Morin discusses decentralized internet sleuthing and how everyday people are utilizing consumer AI tools to aid in active criminal investigations.
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“People have started using AI to take the photos that the FBI has put out of this guy on the front porch, you know, trying, like trying to cover the Nest Cam. And they've started like using AI to Determine what he might look like under the mask. They, another person used AI to lighten the photo to see the car more clearly behind him in the driveway. Another person used AI because there was a different trespassing report in January of a different guy and there was a photo of him and they used it to like match the same shoes to this intruder.”
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