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In the news | Planet Webinar
Natural Disaster Management: Using AI for Rapid Building Damage Assessment
AI + satellite data is helping authorities rapidly assess the extent of damage to buildings after disasters, enabling organizations to target their efforts to deliver critical aid. Webinar with Planet’s Andrew Zolli and Microsoft’s Juan M. Lavista Ferres.
In the news | GeekWire
AI in Seattle: Coming Out of Stealth Mode
As a devastating fire raced through Lahaina last summer, planning for emergency aid and recovery was well underway, even before aid organizations could arrive. Aid workers knew just where to go in the ravaged town to make best use of…
In the news | Planet Labs
Accelerating Biodiversity and Ecosystem Reporting
Learn about feasible and cost-effective reporting with AI, earth observation, and ecosystem science (download the white paper).
In the news | LinkedIn Article
Transforming Breast Cancer Detection with AI
The stark reality that one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime underscores a pressing need for change. Each year, breast cancer claims the lives of approximately 42,000 women—our mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues,…
In the news | LinkedIn Article
Novartis – AI4HealthyCities
It is known that only 20% of our health outcomes are shaped by the healthcare we access; the other 80% is linked to the conditions in which we grow, live, work and age[I]. Along with Microsoft AI for Health, local…
In the news | UN Climate Change – Events
Moving at the Speed of AI: How AI Accelerates Progress on Climate Solutions
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels. Watch event from COP28.
In the news | LinkedIn Article
A World Seen in Full is a Better World
When news of the earthquakes in Afghanistan broke in October 2023, Microsoft AI for Good Lab mobilized to support first responders with our rapid damage-assessment capabilities. We discovered something surprising in the course of this work: There were no up-to-date…
In the news | Microsoft on the Issues
Accelerating Sustainability with AI: A Playbook
Given the urgency of the planetary crisis, society needs to push harder on the AI accelerator while establishing guardrails that steer the world safely, securely, and equitably toward net-zero emissions, climate resilience, and a nature-positive future. This year the world…
In the news | UAE Today
AI technology can aid rescue efforts during natural disasters, experts say
Space technology and satellites can be used to prioritise the worst-hit areas during natural disasters and help rescuers save lives on the ground, a space conference heard. Although the AI technology used to scour thousands of images from disaster zones is…