DeepMind’s GenCast AI is really good at forecasting the weather

When Helene made landfall in Florida earlier this year, 234 people lost their lives to the worst hurricane to strike the US mainland since Katarina in 2005. It’s natural disasters like that, and their growing intensity due to climate change, that have pushed scientists to develop more accurate weather forecasting systems. On Wednesday, Google’s DeepMind division announced what may go down as the most significant advancement in the field in nearly eight decades of work.

In a post on the Google Keyword blog, DeepMind’s Ilan Price and Matthew Wilson detailed GenCast, the company’s latest AI agent. According to DeepMind, GenCast

→ Continue reading at Engadget

Similar Articles

Advertisment

Most Popular