Most AI stories in the news these days are, let’s be honest, pretty damn terrifying. Not only are machines about to steal all of our jobs, but they may also end up killing us. Literally.
Thankfully, though, this is not one of those stories, because Google has given me something decidedly less anxiety-inducing to write about: The company has just announced that its AI-based flood detection and alert system will now cover millions of people living in India in time for this year’s monsoon season, which begins next month.