Google DeepMind launches AI model that works like ‘virtual satellite’

Google DeepMind, Google’s AI unit, has introduced an AI model, AlphaEarth Foundations, that integrates a massive cache of Earth observation data and generates a data representation that can help scientists and researchers understand and monitor our planet. The company says that the newest AI model functions like a “virtual satellite,” to provide insights into global changes.

According to Google DeepMind, the model accurately and efficiently characterises the planet’s entire terrestrial land and coastal waters by integrating huge amounts of Earth observation data into a unified digital representation, or “embedding,” that computer systems can easily process.