Science & Technology

How AI is Helping Flood Forecasting I Inventors at Google

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In 2018 we began our flood forecasting initiative to help combat the catastrophic damage from floods each year by equipping those in harm’s way with accurate and detailed alerts. In the first three years, we expanded our program to cover much of India and Bangladesh, covering an area with about 220 million people and sending out 40 million potentially life-saving alerts. And in 2021, our operational systems were further expanded to cover an area with over 360 million people and we sent out over 115 million alerts — that’s triple the amount we sent at launch. ... Read More

Using AI to Improve Breast Cancer Screening I Inventors at Google

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Google Health’s AI system is able to identify cancer in mammograms with greater accuracy than specialists. In this next stage in the project we are working in partnership with the UK’s National Health system. Our partnership’s research program aims to evaluate the potential for artificial intelligence-enabled breast screening to improve accuracy, safety, cost-effectiveness, and patient experience, while demonstrating clinical acceptability and technical feasibility.... Read More