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In the news | Geekwire
Microsoft AI tool reveals swath of devastation from Maui wildfire
In Maui’s historic town of Lahaina, more than half of the community’s 2,810 buildings have been damaged by a wildfire that this week obliterated the landscape. More than 1,200 of the impacted structures were essentially destroyed. That’s according to research by…
In the news | Fast Company
Companies adopting AI need to move slowly and not break things
As the surge of interest in artificial intelligence applications continues unabated since last fall’s launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one can trace it spreading from the tech industry itself to every corner of corporate America. McKinsey’s new State of Organizations 2023 report has…
In the news | TechChange
Earth Reimagined: Harnessing AI and Geospatial Technologies to Tackle Global Challenges
Join us for a fireside chat featuring Juan Lavista Ferres, VP, Chief Data Scientist and Lab Director of the Microsoft AI For Good Lab, and Carrie Stokes, USAID’s Chief Geographer and Director of the GeoCenter on the transformative potential of…
In the news | Planet
Queryable Earth: combining satellite imagery and next-gen AI
Back in 2018, Planet co-founder and CEO Will Marshall asked the audience during his TED talk: what if you could search the surface of the Earth the same way you search the internet? It wasn’t science fiction. Using artificial intelligence (AI)…
In the news | Julia Chatterly – CNN
Eyes in the sky – Planet Labs satellites track a changing globe
“It’s helping to lift the fog of war. No longer can anyone hide.” @planet Labs CEO @Will4Planet on how their satellite data and AI is transforming damage assessment in #Ukraine & #Turkey, tackling food security & deforestation.
In the news | GreenBiz
Microsoft raises its voice on climate priorities
The technology giant declares energy and carbon policy goals, underscores role of digitization in speeding low-carbon economy transition.
In the news | Planet
This Atlas Wants to Map Every Solar and Wind Source in Your Country
Instead of time-consuming human surveys, these living maps are made by AI and satellites to help planners get things done.
In the news | Geekwire
How much solar and wind power is out there? A Microsoft effort using satellites, AI aims to find out
In the race to curb climate change, solar panels and wind turbines are being installed across the planet — but no one knows exactly where and how much renewable power is out there. So Microsoft is teaming up with The…
In the news | Microsoft News Center
Microsoft, Planet and The Nature Conservancy launch the Global Renewables Watch
Microsoft Corp., Planet Labs PBC and The Nature Conservancy on Thursday announced its plans to launch the Global Renewables Watch (GRW), a first-of-its-kind living atlas intended to map and measure all utility-scale solar and wind installations on Earth using artificial…