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Tool Automatically Detects Natural Disasters Using Social Media Images

Tool Automatically Detects Natural Disasters Using Social Media Images

A new deep learning system can detect natural disasters using images posted on social media. The international group of researchers applied computer vision tools that, once trained using 1.7 million photographs, proved capable of analyzing, filtering, and detecting real disasters, writes the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in a press release. Previous research focused on ...
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