New AI Tool , Outperforms Traditional , Forecasting Models.<br />Researchers say that artificial intelligence could <br />save lives by helping to alert people about hurricanes <br />much faster than traditional forecasting methods.<br />Researchers say that artificial intelligence could <br />save lives by helping to alert people about hurricanes <br />much faster than traditional forecasting methods.<br />BBC reports that a new Google DeepMind tool, GraphCast, predicted that Hurricane Lee would make landfall in Canada three days faster than other forecasts.<br />Scientists say that AI's ability to quickly <br />use an analysis of past events to make <br />accurate predictions is a game-changer.<br />Scientists say that AI's ability to quickly <br />use an analysis of past events to make <br />accurate predictions is a game-changer.<br />AI-driven alert systems may be able to provide <br />communities critical time to prepare ahead of extreme <br />weather events like storms, heat waves and floods. .<br />AI-driven alert systems may be able to provide <br />communities critical time to prepare ahead of extreme <br />weather events like storms, heat waves and floods. .<br />Hundreds of factors are used to make accurate <br />weather predictions, including air pressure, <br />wind speed, temperature and humidity. .<br />According to a paper published by DeepMind <br />in the journal 'Science,' GraphCast outperformed <br />existing models on over 90% of those factors.<br />BBC reports that GraphCast's approach also produces <br />forecasts in under a minute while requiring just a fraction of <br />the computing power used by traditional forecasting methods.<br />GraphCast uses machine learning to <br />sort through vast amounts of data in order <br />to learn how weather patterns could evolve.<br />GraphCast uses machine learning to <br />sort through vast amounts of data in order <br />to learn how weather patterns could evolve.<br />The main advantage of <br />this AI approach is that <br />it's extremely accurate, Remy Lam, Google DeepMind, via BBC.<br />It learns from decades <br />of data and is able to be <br />more accurate than the <br />industry gold standard, Remy Lam, Google DeepMind, via BBC