Jan 21, 2025 · She started Pano AI, which built an AI-powered platform to detect fires and alert emergency responders, after the 2018 Camp fire left 85 people dead, burned 153,336 acres and caused an estimated ...

Jan 14, 2025 · In addition to the AI-powered cameras, the deputy chief said Cal Fire’s remote sensing program has been working “around the clock to provide intelligence” to first responders. ... Hernandez said Cal Fire and the Los Angeles Fire Department have received support from neighboring states and counties, including personnel and equipment ...

2 days ago · Earlier this month, relentless 90-mile-an-hour Santa Ana winds sent wildfires tearing through Greater Los Angeles, taking more than two dozen lives, flattening neighborhoods and decimating ...

1 day ago · As wind-driven wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area in January 2025, fire-spotting technology and computer models were helping firefighters understand the rapidly changing environment ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Synolakis said fires with especially high temperatures, such as those in Los Angeles, often obliterate the evidence. “That’s why it’s so challenging to mitigate fire losses,” he said ...

Jan 15, 2025 · AI models like ChatGPT consume large energy, much of which comes from fossil fuels. According to a Goldman Sachs report, each ChatGPT query uses approximately 2.9 watt-hours of electricity. While ChatGPT does utilise water as part of its cooling processes, it is not responsible for the Los Angeles wildfires. The water shortage at hydrants in Pacific Palisades was due to high demand, not ...

As Los Angeles residents battle wildfires, communities elsewhere are deploying artificial intelligence-based systems to detect blazes and forecast their paths. Fire agencies are exploring a suite of AI innovations to combat blazes such as machine learning algorithms that analyze satellite data to forecast fire paths.

Jan 10, 2025 · Robots, artificial intelligence (AI) and apps are part of the high-tech front-line defense against the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. Firefighters are using every tool at their disposal – from AI sensors and firefighting robots to kerosene-powered aircraft – to contain what some meteorologists are calling the worst inferno in modern ...

Jan 8, 2025 · Faster wildfire detection using AI is providing critical support for California’s firefighters but some argue more funding is needed.

Aug 24, 2023 · Cal Fire is the first fire agency to use artificial intelligence to look for signs of wildfires and directly alert dispatch centers.