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Google investing $13 million in effort to spot wildfires earlier with satellites and AI
Google is investing millions of dollars in an effort to use satellites and artificial intelligence to spot small wildfires before they become big ones. The company said in a blog post that it is teaming up with a satellite maker and a group of nonprofits to launch satellites next year that can pinpoint small blazes all over the world before they have gobbled up acres of land.
Google to invest in satellites and AI to better detect wildfires
FireSat, a constellation of more than 50 satellites, will be able to detect wildfires as small as the size of a classroom, about 16 by 16 feet, Google said in an announcement.
How AI and satellite technology are being used for wildfire detection, mapping in Bay Area
AI-based wildfire smoke sensors installed around the South Bay that can "discern from a barbecue, or a chimney, or a wildfire." New satellites are also being used to detect wildfires as small as the size of a classroom.
Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection
Now you can add wildfire detection to the list. Satellites have observed wildfires from space for decades, but a new initiative partially funded by Google's philanthropic arm aims to deploy more than 50 small satellites in low-Earth orbit to pinpoint flare-ups as small as a classroom anywhere in the world.
The Durango Herald
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Department of Homeland Security adds sniffing device to AI tools helping fight wildfires in Colorado
New technology allowing firefighters to “smell” points of origin and locate hot spots or new fires even before smoke can be ...
Digital information world
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LinkedIn Under Fire For Discreet Privacy Setting That Trains AI Models With Users’ Data
Popular social networking app LinkedIn is being questioned for new privacy settings. This makes use of users’ data without ...
MIT Technology Review
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Google is funding an AI-powered satellite constellation that will spot wildfires faster
The full FireSat system should be able to detect tiny fires anywhere in the world, and provide updated images every 20 ...
Opinion
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Opinion: California’s AI safety bill is under fire. Making it law is the best way to improve it
If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on ...
Government Executive
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As wildfires burn throughout the West, officials are turning to AI
Early results indicate the technology is working. Used in all 21 Cal Fire dispatch centers statewide for the past year, AI ...
MIT Technology Review
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How AI can help spot wildfires
This means that the need to spot wildfires earlier is becoming ever more crucial, and some groups are turning to technology ...
Analytics Insight
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EU AI Act Under Fire: Tech Giants Lobby for Changes
Leading technology firms are in a final push to influence the European Union to accept a less rigid regulatory framework for ...
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Breaking: Highway Fire reported in Mono County on Sep. 20
A new wildfire was reported today at 10:52 p.m. in Mono County. Highway Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the ...
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