Scientists at Google-owned London AI lab DeepMind and the University of Exeter partnered with the Met Office to build the so-called nowcasting system, according to the BBC report.
Here is the link: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58748934
AI can predict if it will rain in two hours’ time – BBC
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