DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else
Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict both a storm’s track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data. Researchers don't yet fully understand how it does this.
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DeepMind has developed an AI model called WeatherNext that can predict both a hurricane's track and intensity earlier than existing methods, using lower-resolution weather data. The model will be made publicly available through open-sourcing. Researchers have not yet fully explained how the model achieves these predictions. This capability could potentially improve hurricane forecasting timelines.
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