Inspired by listening one of the episodes of the podcast Data Crunch by Vault Analytics, on the topic: "Drones and AI", it came to my mind how drones are being used nowadays, not only as a hobby but for commercial purposes, too. Drones are getting popular in the community and different industries such as film and photography. Game of Thrones TV show pays a lot of money to get amazing shots! You can get more interesting photos using a drone than a traditional camera. Just imagine the unique perspective from a drone's view, they definitely offer impressive and incredible shots.

Artificial Intelligence (AI), defined as the capability of machines to imitate intelligent human behavior and learn from data, is considered by many to be the final frontier of computing. And environmentalists and tech companies are now harnessing the power of AI to service to the environment. To wit, Microsoft announced in December 2017 that it is expanding its "AI for Earth" program and committing $50 million over the next five years to put AI technologies in the hands of individuals and organizations working to solve global environmental challenges, including climate change as well as water, agriculture and biodiversity issues. Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first chief environmental scientist, is convinced that AI is now mature enough and the global environmental crisis acute enough to justify the creation of an AI platform for the planet. "I believe that for every environmental problem, governments, non-profits, academia and the technology industry need to ask two questions: 'How can AI help solve this?' and'How can we facilitate the application of AI?'," Joppa said.

Dear EarthTalk: What are some ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to fight climate change and otherwise protect the environment? Artificial Intelligence (AI), defined as the capability of machines to imitate intelligent human behavior and learn from data, is considered by many to be the final frontier of computing. And environmentalists and tech companies are now harnessing the power of AI to service to the environment. To wit, Microsoft announced in December 2017 that it is expanding its "AI for Earth" program and committing $50 million over the next five years to put AI technologies in the hands of individuals and organizations working to solve global environmental challenges, including climate change as well as water, agriculture and biodiversity issues. Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first Chief Environmental Scientist, is convinced that AI is now mature enough and the global environmental crisis acute enough to justify the creation of an AI platform for the planet.

Artificial Intelligence (AI), defined as the capability of machines to imitate intelligent human behavior and learn from data, is considered by many to be the final frontier of computing. And environmentalists and tech companies are now harnessing the power of AI to service to the environment. To wit, Microsoft announced in December 2017 that it is expanding its "AI for Earth" program and committing $50 million over the next five years to put AI technologies in the hands of individuals and organizations working to solve global environmental challenges, including climate change as well as water, agriculture and biodiversity issues. Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first Chief Environmental Scientist, is convinced that AI is now mature enough and the global environmental crisis acute enough to justify the creation of an AI platform for the planet. "I believe that for every environmental problem, governments, non-profits, academia and the technology industry need to ask two questions: 'How can AI help solve this?' and'How can we facilitate the application of AI?'," Joppa said.

Dear EarthTalk: What are some ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to fight climate change and otherwise protect the environment? Artificial Intelligence (AI), defined as the capability of machines to imitate intelligent human behavior and learn from data, is considered by many to be the final frontier of computing. And environmentalists and tech companies are now harnessing the power of AI to service to the environment. To wit, Microsoft announced in December 2017 that it is expanding its "AI for Earth" program and committing $50 million over the next five years to put AI technologies in the hands of individuals and organizations working to solve global environmental challenges, including climate change as well as water, agriculture and biodiversity issues. Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first Chief Environmental Scientist, is convinced that AI is now mature enough and the global environmental crisis acute enough to justify the creation of an AI platform for the planet.

Published Sunday, Jun. 24, 2018, 12:48 pm Dear EarthTalk: What are some ways artificial intelligence is being used to fight climate change and otherwise protect the environment? Artificial intelligence (AI), defined as the capability of machines to imitate intelligent human behavior and learn from data, is considered by many to be the final frontier of computing. And environmentalists and tech companies are now harnessing the power of AI to service to the environment. To wit, Microsoft announced in December 2017 that it is expanding its "AI for Earth" program and committing $50 million over the next five years to put AI technologies in the hands of individuals and organizations working to solve global environmental challenges, including climate change as well as water, agriculture and biodiversity issues. Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first Chief Environmental Scientist, is convinced that AI is now mature enough and the global environmental crisis acute enough to justify the creation of an AI platform for the planet.

One of the biggest problems we face today is the impact we're having on the natural world. Covering 70% of our planet we still know so little about our oceans and how we can protect them from further destruction. We can see the devastation around us like deforestation and mass urbanisation etc., but the destruction of the oceans is so easily ignored as it remains largely unseen beneath the waves. It's so vital to keep our oceans healthy; they are home to millions of species of plant and animal, provide food, financial resources, and even produce half of the oxygen we breathe. Climate change and coral bleaching, pollution, and over fishing are just a few issues that need urgent attention in order to save our oceans.

One of the biggest problems we face today is the impact we're having on the natural world. Covering 70% of our planet, we still know so little about our oceans and how we can protect them from further destruction. We can see the devastation around us like deforestation and mass urbanisation etc., but the destruction of the oceans is so easily ignored as it remains largely unseen beneath the waves. It's so vital to keep our oceans healthy; they are home to millions of species of plant and animal, provide food, financial resources, and even produce half of the oxygen we breathe. Climate change and coral bleaching, pollution, and over fishing are just a few issues that need urgent attention in order to save our oceans.

In more than five years with Intel Labs, I've had the good fortune to be involved with a team of extremely bright people focused on researching large-scale machine learning and data mining techniques. And now a great job is about to get even better, as I head out to sea this week with a team from Intel Labs and a collaborative team of ocean experts to put the same techniques to work to study the health and wellbeing of humpback whales. This expedition builds on our ongoing work with Parley for the Oceans, a group dedicated to advancing research and education focused on conserving whales and the oceans that sustain them. In early June, we highlighted some of the great work that Parley is doing in our blog on Parley'SnotBot' and Intel AI Technology. This week's Parley SnotBot expedition, parts of which will be captured live by National Geographic, will build on the work being done by the Mind's Eye Lab, a research initiative arising out of a collaboration between Intel Labs and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.

Under the leadership of the marine biologist Dr. Iain Kerr, CEO of Ocean Alliance, Parley is dedicated to advancing research and education focused on conserving whales and the oceans that sustain them--which in turn sustains us. This quest begins with scientific research and a commitment to preserve and protect ocean habitat. To further this research, Intel is leveraging its artificial intelligence (AI) and drone technologies to boost the science and expeditions of Parley and its collaborator network. This research is focused on analyzing the health of whales, the ocean environment and, ultimately, the health of humanity. To meet the challenge of gathering data from whales, Kerr and a collaborative team developed SnotBot, modified drones that collect the blow, or snot, exhaled from whales when they surface to breathe.