AWS Backs HALO's AI-Powered Landmine Detection in Ukraine with $4M
Summary
AWS commits $4M to support The HALO Trust's groundbreaking use of AI and machine learning for detecting landmines and war debris in Ukraine, enabling efficient data analysis and cloud computing for this critical humanitarian mission in active warzones.
Key Points
- The HALO Trust will pilot AI and machine learning to aid landmine clearance in Ukraine with $4 million support from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- AWS will enable HALO to use AI to detect debris of war, including landmines, in drone imagery and identify damaged buildings and signs of human activity near minefields using satellite imagery
- AWS support will also help HALO efficiently store, process, and analyze the vast data collected from global operations, including in active warzones like Ukraine, using cloud computing