Google AI Model Helps Us See the Planet as We Never Have Before

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being somewhat fascinated by the Cambridge coffee webcam back in the Roaring '90s.

It's a view of Mother Earth as we've never seen her, and it just might help us solve some our most existential issues: Google has launched a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations, which can take a bunch of images and measurements from satellites and other sources to create current and accurate digital representations of lands and waters.

With all this data, scientists and researchers can monitor problems like water scarcity, deforestation and crop health, among others.

Google says AlphaEarth's AI modeling has already been helpful. "Our partners are already seeing significant benefits, using the data to better classify unmapped ...