Google built a flash-flood prediction tool using Gemini and old news reports

It's the first time that the company has used language models for this kind of thing. Flash floods are, but Google might have a novel solution. The company, a prediction tool for flash floods that uses Gemini to source data from old news reports. This is the first time it has used a language model for this type of work. Flash flood prediction models need historical data and model training that often doesn't exist.