Bipartisan Senate bill sees role for AI in response to extreme weather

Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Tim Sheehy (R-MT) have introduced a bill that would put artificial intelligence to work in responding to wildfires and other “extreme weather” events, a sign of both the multifaceted potential of AI and lawmakers’ growing fascination with the technology.

The 16-page bill is intended to “improve accuracy and timeliness of weather, water, and space weather forecasts and effective dissemination of critical information” and to “strengthen analytic capacity to inform resource deployments in response to...