Scientists are fighting wildfires with A-I … in the lab, anyway
Scientists are fighting wildfires with A-I … in the lab, anyway  
Podcast: Federal Drive with Tom Temin
Published On: Thu Sep 12 2024
Description: Can artificial intelligence help fight wildfires? That what a project inside Homeland Security seeks to find out. It's known as WIFIRE. Researchers in the Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate takes in loads of historical data. It feeds them into a model for guiding on-the-ground firefighters to where a fire might be headed. For more, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to program manager Norman Spiecher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices