The UK wants to combine AI with satellites and military aircraft to ‘spot and fight fires faster’ — and it's exactly what AI should have been used for all along
- The UK government is planning to set up a new arm of it's emergency response committee to help fight wildfires
- After the UK's hottest summer on record, firefighting crews were left under equipped to fight wildfires covering thousands of acres
- Satellite imagery, AI, and military aircraft armed with firefighting equipment are expected to be part of the new wildfire response
Following plans to build a £100 million AI Biosecurity Lab and plans to turn the UK into a global AI powerhouse, the UK is now looking at how AI can help detect and fight wildfires after a summer of extreme heat.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to reveal plans for a new AI arm of the cabinet’s crisis-management committee, COBRA, at a resilience summit hosted at the National Situation Centre on Friday.
The new wildfire AI unit will combine satellite imagery with early detection systems offering firefighters...
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