Google Earth AI: Unlocking geospatial insights with foundation models and cross-modal reasoning
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Google introduced Earth AI, which combines foundation models for satellite imagery, population data, and environmental forecasting with a Gemini-powered reasoning agent to answer complex geospatial questions. The Geospatial Reasoning Agent achieved 0.82 accuracy on a Q&A benchmark compared to 0.50 for Gemini 2.5 Pro, and combining population and landscape embeddings improved FEMA's National Risk Index predictions by an average of 11% R² across 20 hazards. Organizations including the UN, GiveDirectly, and insurance companies are using these capabilities to predict natural disasters, assess damage, and identify vulnerable communities for aid distribution.
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Climate & Sustainability
