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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 2 place · today 19:29 EDT

AI Cameras are Being Deployed Across the Western US for Early Detection of Wildfires

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On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona's Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn't a cloud or dust, then alerted the state's forest service and largest electric utility. One of dozens of AI cameras installed for the utility Arizona Public Service had spotted early signs of what came to be known as the Diamond Fire. Firefighters raced to the scene and contained the blaze before it grew pa

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