New AI system to help save lives of earthquake survivors in Turkey

It has also collaborated with large organizations, including Microsoft. The system uses machine-learning algorithms on satellite imagery to categorize damage in the disaster area at a much faster rate than is possible using other existing methods. This method is incredibly important given the number of separate earthquakes and aftershocks that have occurred since the first earthquake incident in the early hours of February 6. Yesterday, February 20, for example, another 6.4 magnitude tremor struck near the city of Antakya, close to the border with Syria, trapping more people under the rubble. An MIT Technology Review report points out that xView2 has recently also been deployed in response to wildfires in California as well as during recovery efforts after flooding in Nepal, where it helped to identify damage from landslides caused by the floods.