The lab is due to kick off the project next month.

Earth observation tools like satellites and weather stations gathervast volumes of data on our home planet every day.

That is why ESA-lab is working ondeveloping a foundational AI model to underpin the digital assistant.

ESA to build ChatGPT-style Earth observation digital assistant

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The lab has several ongoing initiatives for creating foundation models dedicated to Earth observation.

One foundation model, PhilEO, launched at the beginning of 2023, and is now reaching maturity.

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The model can recognise features like the Richat Structure above without human supervision or labelling.

Story bySion Geschwindt

Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy.

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