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IBM and NASA Launch AI Model to Map Lunar Ice

IBM and NASA have released an open source AI model designed to analyze lunar observation data. The tool aims to help researchers map craters, identify ice deposits, and support future human missions to the Moon.

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International Business Machines Corp. and NASA released an open-source AI model on Thursday afternoon to map lunar ice and craters, boosting long-term exploration goals. The initiative expands the Prithvi open foundation model family into lunar data analysis. Benchmark tests show the model improves surface feature identification by 23% over traditional mapping methods.