Google DeepMind's AlphaEarth Maps Entire Planet Using AI, Enabling Environmental Monitoring
Summary
Google DeepMind's AlphaEarth AI system maps the entire planet's surface using satellite data, compressing petabytes of information into compact summaries, enabling environmental monitoring and data-driven decision-making for conservation and resource management.
Key Points
- Google DeepMind unveils AlphaEarth Foundations, an AI system that accurately maps the entire planet's surface using satellite data
- The AI compresses petabytes of data into compact summaries, reducing storage needs by 16 times while maintaining high precision
- Organizations can use the system to track environmental changes like deforestation, enabling data-driven decision-making for conservation and resource management