Will AI-enhanced firefighting technology be a game-changer? | FT Rethink

The world is facing an alarming surge in forest fires. Between 2001 and 2023, the amount of tree cover the world lost each year due to fires rose dramatically. But new AI supported technology could help slow some blazes.In March, Farsat, a nonprofit collaboration of corporations, wildfire authorities, and others, launched the first of some 50 planned firefighting satellites. They all make up an AI enhanced network designed to cover the globe and detect flames before they spread beyond a 5x 5 m square area i ...