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PG&E uses artificial intelligence to weigh elevated fire risk
Pacific Gas & Electric is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to refine the accuracy of weather models as it forecasts an above average risk in the wildfire season. The utility has issued Public Safety Power Shutoffs since 2018 to cut power in portions of its service area, often affecting thousands of customers, to prevent its […] The post PG&E uses artificial intelligence to weigh elevated fire risk appeared first on Local News Matters .
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Pacific Gas & Electric is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to refine the accuracy of weather models as it forecasts an above average risk in the wildfire season. The utility has issued Public Safety Power Shutoffs since 2018 to cut power in portions of its service area, often affecting thousands of customers, to prevent its […] The post PG&E uses artificial intelligence to weigh elevated fire risk appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, PG&E uses artificial intelligence to weigh elevated fire risk, Pacific Gas & Electric is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to refine the accuracy of weather models as it forecasts an above average risk in the wildfire season. The utility has issued Public Safety Power Shutoffs since 2018 to cut power in portions of its service area, often affecting thousands of customers, to prevent its […] The post PG&E uses artificial intelligence to weigh elevated fire risk appeared first on Local News Matters .
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