Google DeepMind plans to bring WeatherNext 3 forecasts to Search, Maps and Gemini
The joint Google DeepMind and Google Research project is moving into consumer products, developer APIs and cloud datasets, where company-reported benchmark gains will meet real weather.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: TechCrunch
Why it matters
WeatherNext 3 would give a joint Google DeepMind and Google Research forecasting project distribution through Google's consumer products, developer APIs and cloud services. Independent testing will need to show whether Google's reported gains hold during rare, dangerous weather as the planned integrations reach users.

Google plans to distribute WeatherNext 3 forecasts through Search, the Gemini app, Google Maps, the Google Maps Platform Weather API, Earth Engine and Google Cloud. Ferran Alet, Google DeepMind's weather science lead, and researchers across Google DeepMind and Google Research announced the model on September 3rd.…
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