Saving Biodiversity with Tech and AI

Biodiversity is in crisis. A recent UN report predicts we may see as many as 1 million species extincts, many as soon as within the decade. Wildlife Insights is a new Google Cloud -based platform that applies AI to identify animals in images from camera traps placed in the wild. AI helps reduce the arduous manual work of sifting through millions of camera trap images and helps biologists spend more time actually working to study and protect wildlife.

Watch the full-length documentary to learn how it’s being used in Colombia to measure the effects of deforestation on wildlife: https://youtu.be/zsiTx5qjn7c