Scientists are fighting wildfires with A-I ... in the lab, anyway

Published: Sept. 12, 2024, 11 a.m.

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.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices