'Record-breaking summer': Google expands AI wildfire maps into 15 new countries

Stuart Stone
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Tech giant beefs up wildfire tracker after AI and satellite image tool tracks more than 40 fires across southern Europe in recent months

Google has today spread the coverage of its AI-powered wildfire tracking tool across 15 new countries having mapped more than 40 incidents in southern Europe during what is already a "record-breaking summer"...

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