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How AI is helping rainforest conservation: The technology will allow conservationists to study at-risk species in detail.

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Just Meg2 years ago

This is wild!

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Rainforest Connection2 years ago

Incredibly excited to see the work of our partnership w/ @Googleorg, @paralanaturalez, @USFWS & @DRNAPR highlighted. This is just 1 example of how we're using #AIforgood which is significantly advancing our ability to monitor wildlife & detect threats around the world.

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Miranda Duncan (Wayan Roshni Rose)2 years ago

Thanks for AI use news. At this point I’m not sure if it’s more devastating to know personas online are humans or Meta AI persona bots. I just saw an Asia FB group post about dreams of more empty nail salons, as if the desperate existing ones don’t exist as net loss MO problem.

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