Lifesavers to trial AI tool to detect rip currents
UNSW researchers claim the tool can pick out a rip in a photograph of a beach, and hope it can be used to help save lives.
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UNSW researchers claim the tool can pick out a rip in a photograph of a beach, and hope it can be used to help save lives.
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