IBM and NASA collaborate to develop the GPT of Earth sciences

The open-source geospatial model, akin to the "GPT of Earth sciences," will enable advanced AI systems to monitor and predict critical aspects of the environment such as deforestation, crop yields, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Leveraging IBM's Watsonx.ai and a year's worth of NASA's Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 satellite data, this collaborative effort aims to improve climate and Earth science research by providing a universal tool for handling massive amounts of satellite data.

The model, hosted on the HuggingFace open-source AI platform, demonstrates a 15 percent performance improvement over existing methods, with only half the data required for training.

This initiative highlights the power of open-source technologies and collaborative efforts to drive impactful solutions for addressing global challenges like climate change.