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Tohoku Univ., SoftBank to Develop Disaster Prevention AI
- Tohoku University and SoftBank start a joint project to build disaster prevention AI.
- The AI will learn from disaster archives and tsunami simulation data.
- Testing is planned for fiscal 2028 after a three-year development period.
- Data will come from storytellers and municipalities to enrich learning.
- Shunichi Koshimura, the institute's director, emphasized continuity of disaster lessons.
- The initiative marks a step toward expanding AI use in disaster risk reduction.
- The collaboration targets memory transmission of past disasters to improve future responses.
- The project is based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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