ESA is also aiming for a ChatGpt for Earth observation
In collaboration with technology partners, the European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a ChatGpt-style digital assistant to help humans better decode complex Earth observation data.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a chatbot to provide information on Earth observation.
“Can you give me a highly accurate classification map of crops in Kenya?” or "Are the buildings on my street collapsing?": these are some of the questions that can be asked to the ESA chatbot which will be developed together with partners in the fields of space, information technology and meteorology.
The AI software will not be based on information collected online and used to train models like ChatGpt , but scientifically validated material will be used.
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ESA WORKING ON CHATBOTS FOR EARTH OBSERVATION
ESA has announced that it will build a ChatGpt-style digital assistant to help humans better decode complex Earth observation data.
THE TARGET
Earth observation instruments such as satellites and weather stations collect large volumes of data about our home planet every day. Most of this information is unlabeled, making it difficult for traditional machine learning algorithms to make sense of what they see.
ESA's Φ-LAB (Phi-Lab) has several ongoing initiatives to create foundation models dedicated to Earth observation-related activities. These models use data to provide information on environmentally critical issues such as methane emissions and mitigation of extreme weather events.
Specifically, the chatbot will be trained to understand human questions about Earth and respond with human-like answers. The lab is expected to kick off the project next month.
«The idea of a digital Earth observation assistant capable of providing a wide range of information from different sources is an attractive prospect and, as these initiatives demonstrate, there are a number of key elements that need to be put in place to achieve this objective", comments the head of ESA's Φ-lab Giuseppe Borghi.
THE USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This is not the first time that the European Space Agency has used AI for one of its projects. For example, the SaferPlaces AI tool that creates flood maps was used for damage assessment activities during last year's floods in Emilia-Romagna. Or I*STAR, an activity co-funded by ESA's InCubed Programme, which has developed a platform that uses artificial intelligence to monitor ongoing events such as earthquakes or volcanic eruptions so that satellite operators can automatically plan data acquisitions subsequent for customers.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/anche-esa-punta-a-una-chatgpt-losservazione-della-terra/ on Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:24:24 +0000.