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Google DeepMind’s AI model called Hurricane Isaias’s Florida Panhandle landfall while physics-based models pointed toward Louisiana

Hurricane Isaias hit Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 storm on October 9. Google DeepMind’s AI model, which the National Hurricane Center has used in its official forecasts since 2025, pointed to the western Florida Panhandle from the start, while conventional models first sent the storm toward southeastern Louisiana. A preliminary HurriLab analysis found it timed landfall within a few hours, three days out.

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AI watching nearly 1,300 hilltop cameras is now first to spot 51% of California’s wildfires, its director says

Alert California, a UC San Diego program, runs nearly 1,300 cameras on the state’s fire-prone peaks, and since 2023 AI has scanned the footage for smoke. In 2024 the cameras beat 911 callers to 636 fires. In 2025 they beat them on more than half of about 3,600 incidents. This summer the program’s director said AI now spots 51% of California’s wildfires first.

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Dane County's AI assistant took 24,000 non-emergency calls in its first month

Since mid-August 2026, Dane County's AVA voice assistant has answered the non-emergency public-safety line so human dispatchers can stay free for 911. Spectrum News reported more than 24,000 calls handled in about a month, with county officials saying there were no major mistakes. Callers can still ask for a person; emergencies still go to 911.

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