Expanding our ML-based flood forecasting

Favorite In 2018 we began our flood forecasting initiative to help combat the catastrophic damage from floods each year by equipping those in harm’s way with accurate and detailed alerts. This work is a part of Google’s broader Crisis Response program which provides people access to trusted information and resources

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Shared by Google AI Technology November 9, 2021

Reducing city transport emissions with Maps and AI

Favorite City transportation is crucial to connecting residents to education, employment and essential services. At the same time, the transportation sector is where global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are rising the quickest. In 2018, we launched the Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) in collaboration with the Global Covenant of Mayors for

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Shared by Google AI Technology November 2, 2021

What made me want to fight for fair AI

Favorite My life has always involved centering the voices of those historically marginalized in order to foster equitable communities. Growing up, I lived in a small suburb just outside of Cleveland, Ohio and I was fortunate enough to attend Laurel School, an all-girls school focused on encouraging young women to

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Shared by Google AI Technology October 8, 2021

The ML Glossary: Five years of new language

Favorite Over guacamole and corn chips at a party, a friend mentions that her favorite phone game uses augmented reality. Another friend points her phone at the host and shouts, “Watch out—a t-rex is sneaking up behind you.” Eager to join the conversation, you blurt, “My blender has an augmented

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Shared by Google AI Technology October 6, 2021

How AI is making information more useful

Favorite Today, there’s more information accessible at people’s fingertips than at any point in human history. And advances in artificial intelligence will radically transform the way we use that information, with the ability to uncover new insights that can help us both in our daily lives and in the ways

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Shared by Google AI Technology September 29, 2021

Googler Marian Croak is now in the Inventors Hall of Fame

Favorite Look around you right now and consider everything that was created by an inventor. The computer you’re reading this article on, the internet necessary to load this article, the electricity that powers the screen, even the coffee maker you used this morning.  To recognize the incredible contributions of those

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Shared by Google AI Technology September 21, 2021

These researchers are bringing AI to farmers

Favorite “Farmers feed the entire world — so how might we support them to be resilient and build sustainable systems that also support global food security?” It’s a question that Diana Akrong found herself asking last year. Diana is a UX researcher based in Accra, Ghana, and the founding member

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Shared by Google AI Technology August 23, 2021