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U.S. fire departments are exploring artificial intelligence applications as the ranks of volunteer firefighters, long a backbone of local emergency response, continue to shrink. The decline in volunteers has left many departments searching for ways to maintain coverage and response capacity with fewer people.
The FAA plans to roll out SMART, a cloud-based AI platform built by Air Space Intelligence, to help air traffic controllers manage workflows and flight routing amid an ongoing staffing shortage. The system analyzes airline schedules, weather, airport capacity and airspace conditions to predict traffic flows and flag potential conflicts before they happen, at a cost of $875 million over 12 years, starting in the Washington, D.C. area before wider rollout.