The National Hurricane Center’s iconic “cone of uncertainty” — the five-day track forecast graphic that’s been a fixture of cable news panic coverage since 2002 — is getting its first major redesign this summer. After two years of experimental testing and public feedback, the updated version debuts when the first…
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Google’s Weather AI Had a Better Hurricane Season Than Most Humans
Every now and then, a piece of technology doesn’t just work—it shows off.That’s what happened this hurricane season when Google’s new AI weather model outperformed some of the world’s most respected forecasting systems. As reported by Ars Technica [¹], Google DeepMind’s “GraphCast” didn’t just hold its own—it often beat traditional…