AI cameras helped put out more than 1,100 bushfires over summer
The detections follow a summer of severe heatwaves in several Australian states, and the fourth warmest January recorded since 1910, according to BoM.
Artificially intelligent cameras detected more than 1,100 bushfires in Australia over summer, including some that would have been missed by humans until they posed a greater risk.
One fire outbreak caused by lightning strikes, for example, could have damaged a pine forest if cameras had not alerted firefighters.
Pano AI revealed the findings on Tuesday after installing more than 100 high-resolution cameras across areas of NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
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