IBM, NASA launch AI model to help map ice, craters on Moon

IBM and NASA on Thursday released an open-source AI model designed to help scientists analyze decades of lunar observation data and support plans for a sustained human presence on the Moon.

The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model is ‌a publicly ⁠available AI ⁠tool designed to study the Moon. It was trained ​on more than 30 layers of data collected by nine instruments ​on four NASA missions, including the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The model joins IBM and NASA’s Prithvi family ​of open foundation models, which span ⁠geospatial, weather ‌and other applications.