Google software will be used by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation to combat issues of climate change, deforestation and food production. The UN agency has been working with a team from Google’s DeepMind unit on developing an AI system that can recognise images in real time using deep learning techniques. Reporting by Magdalena Mis; Editing by Ros Russell; Please credit Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women’s rights, corruption and climate change. Earlier this month, the MapSwipe app, which uses satellites to map areas vulnerable to humanitarian disasters, was launched by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Google software will be used by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation to combat issues of climate change, deforestation and food production. The UN agency has been working with a team from Google’s DeepMind unit on developing an AI system that can recognise images in real time using deep learning techniques. Earlier this month, the MapSwipe app, which uses satellites to map areas vulnerable to humanitarian disasters, was launched by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.