Google has introduced a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations that it says can function like a “virtual satellite.” The model uses a system called “embedding,” which works by taking big volumes of pubic information from various sources every day, such as optical satellites, radars and climate simulations, and then combining them all together. It then divides lands and coastal waters into 10×10 meter squares, which it then analyzes and tracks over time. As Wired explains, these squares are color-coded to indicate different characteristics, such as vegetation types and material properties.
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