Why is it in the News?

At the recent COP28, NASA and IBM announced that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool called watsonx.ai would be available on the open-source AI platform Hugging Space.

What is watsonx.ai?

• Watsonx.ai is a collaborative Artificial Intelligence tool developed by IBM and NASA.
• Its primary function is to enable users to monitor Earth from space, assessing past environmental changes and offering predictions about future occurrences.

• User-Friendly Interface: The tool is designed for simplicity, requiring users to select a location and a date.
• Watsonx.ai then highlights changes in floodwater, reforestation efforts, and other pertinent factors.

Functionality:

• Watsonx.ai is built on a foundation model trained on a diverse set of uncategorized data, allowing it to extrapolate information from one context to another.
• NASA provides datasets in the form of satellite images, and IBM developed the foundation model to interpret these visual inputs.
• The model's training involves comprehending visual sequences over time by reconstructing images with blank areas. This process enhances its ability to understand the connections between photos.
• Adjustments were made to the model for specific tasks such as segmenting and categorizing photos.

Additional Components:

• Watsonx.data: A specialized data store optimized for governed data and AI workloads.
  • It facilitates the scaling of AI workloads by leveraging the entire data landscape.
• Watsonx.governance: An end-to-end toolkit encompassing both data and AI governance. It aids clients in establishing responsible, transparent, and explainable AI workflows.
  • The toolkit provides governance capabilities for model management throughout the AI lifecycle.