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.

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Primary source: TechCrunch

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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.

A hand holds a smartphone displaying Google Maps with detailed hourly weather forecasts, surrounded by dynamic, glowing data streams.

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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