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First-of-its-kind AI tool for translating life-saving weather warnings across the US advanced

  • June 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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First-of-its-kind AI tool for translating life-saving weather warnings across the US advanced
Nearly 69 million people in the United States speak a language other than English at home, yet weather warnings have long been issued almost exclusively in English. A new study documents how the National Weather Service is using artificial intelligence to change that, developing a comprehensive translation program that delivers life-saving forecasts and alerts in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Samoan, French and other languages.

Originally published at Phys.org

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