GenCast, Google's new AI weather prediction tool outperforms the best, can accurately predict hurricanes

GenCast, a new artificial intelligence tool by Google's DeepMind is now capable of devising 15-day weather forecasts, outperforming the world’s best forecasts meant to track deadly storms and save lives, according to a New York Times report. Google's GenCast outperformed the forecasts of the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 97.2% of the time At the moment, the world leader in atmospheric prediction is the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. DeepMind tested GenCast against the center’s Ensemble Prediction System which is a service that 35 nations rely on to make their weather forecasts. This comes at a time when natural chaos in Earth’s atmosphere means that all weather forecasts, including the two-week type, becomes less reliable over time.