NASA AI First to Spot Early Changes in Ethiopian VolcanoMarch 23, 2017 - Artificial intelligence can help satellites and other spacecraft observe interesting phenomena before humans even spot them. Case in point: NASA's Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) spacecraft started capturing images of Ethiopia's Erta Ale volcano as soon as it developed a new fissure in late January, according to engadget.com. EO-1's AI called Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment (ASE) was alerted by one of the other satellites in its network about the event. The EO-1 was designed to test cutting-edge satellite tech, and the team was only supposed to use the AI for six months. NASA will shut down EO-1 and ASE by the end of March, but everything they've accomplished won't go to waste.

Source: Ethiopian News March 23, 2017 21:11 UTC