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Today, we’re talking about the potential role for AI to help in climate change. Let’s get to it!
Using AI to Solve Climate Change
IBM and Hugging Face have joined forces to democratize access to AI technology for climate science through the release of the watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model. This model, created from NASA's satellite data, will be the largest of its kind on Hugging Face and is the first-ever open-source AI foundation model developed in collaboration with NASA.
Jeff Boudier from Hugging Face emphasized the significance of information sharing and collaboration in advancing AI. Open-source AI and the release of models and datasets play a crucial role in ensuring AI benefits as many people as possible.
Climate science faces constant challenges due to rapidly changing environmental conditions, requiring access to the latest data. Despite an abundance of data, scientists struggle to analyze vast datasets effectively. NASA estimates that by 2024, there will be 250,000 terabytes of data from new missions.
To tackle this issue, IBM and NASA entered a Space Act Agreement earlier this year to build an AI foundation model for geospatial data. By making this geospatial foundation model openly available on Hugging Face, both companies aim to promote collaboration and accelerate progress in climate and Earth science.
Sriram Raghavan, VP at IBM Research AI, expressed the importance of open-source technologies in addressing critical areas like climate change.
The geospatial model, jointly trained by IBM and NASA on Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 satellite data (HLS) over one year across the continental United States, has shown promising results. It demonstrated a 15 percent improvement over state-of-the-art techniques using only half the labeled data.
With further fine-tuning, the model can be adapted for various tasks, such as deforestation tracking, crop yield prediction, and greenhouse gas detection.
IBM's collaboration with NASA aligns with NASA's decade-long Open-Source Science Initiative, promoting a more accessible and inclusive scientific community. NASA has designated 2023 as the Year of Open Science, celebrating the benefits of sharing data, information, and knowledge openly.
In June, IBM introduced watsonx, an AI and data platform designed to scale and accelerate the impact of advanced AI with trusted data. A commercial version of the geospatial model, integrated into IBM watsonx, will be available through the IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite (EIS) later this year.
This collaboration aims to effectively address climate challenges and contribute to a more sustainable future for our planet. It showcases the potential of AI and data-driven solutions in driving positive change for our environment.
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