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 # Unleashing the Power of AI: University of Illinois and IBM Join Forces To Anticipate Flash Floods

 

##### By Riya Anne Polcastro

 

 

 Jan 25, 2024 12:00 PM ET

  ![Flooded parking lot](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/flood_ibm_012524.jpg "(Image: Chris Gallagher/Unsplash)") 

 

 ![Ana Barros](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/annabarros_ibm_012524.png "Ana Barros, professor and engineering department head at the University of Illinois, is leading the team developing a new foundational AI model capable of anticipating heavy rainfall and flash floods in the Appalachian Mountains. (Image courtesy of IBM)") 

 

 ![Michael Jacobs](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/MichaelJacobs_ibm_012524.jpg "Michael Jacobs, the sustainability and social innovation leader for corporate social responsibility at IBM. (Image courtesy of IBM)") 

 

 

      

   ![Flooded parking lot](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/flood_ibm_012524.jpg?h=1c9b88c9 "(Image: Chris Gallagher/Unsplash)")   ![Ana Barros](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/annabarros_ibm_012524.png?h=9a9d0954 "Ana Barros, professor and engineering department head at the University of Illinois, is leading the team developing a new foundational AI model capable of anticipating heavy rainfall and flash floods in the Appalachian Mountains. (Image courtesy of IBM)")   ![Michael Jacobs](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/MichaelJacobs_ibm_012524.jpg?h=72e0457b "Michael Jacobs, the sustainability and social innovation leader for corporate social responsibility at IBM. (Image courtesy of IBM)") 

 

 

[Originally published by TriplePundit](https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2024/ai-safety-flash-floods/792926)

The tech company IBM is among those bringing AI into the sphere of mitigating the impact of [weather-related disasters](https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/future/2023/11/30/ibm-and-nasa-to-launch-new-ai-weather-model-to-solve-climate-challenges/), and together with NASA, it's hard at work on revolutionary [foundational models](https://research.ibm.com/blog/what-are-foundation-models). These models learn from a broad dataset to make using them for many different tasks quicker and easier, as opposed to task-specific models that are trained with data designed to teach them to do one job. This way, a dataset doesn’t need to be painstakingly created for each new task, because the AI can apply the information it’s learned from other situations to teach itself.

Among the projects its working on, IBM partnered with the University of Illinois to develop a foundational model capable of anticipating heavy rainfall and flash floods in the Appalachian Mountains.

Continue reading [here](https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2024/ai-safety-flash-floods/792926)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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