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WSJ Tech News Briefing

How AI Is Learning to Predict Our Extreme Weather

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Artificial intelligence is being trained to predict the weather. New tools could offer forecasts thousands of times faster than current methods. WSJ reporter Eric Niiler joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how these tools work and the companies that are building them. Plus, if the mental load of running your household has you feeling overwhelmed, we’ve got some tech suggestions that could help. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Tech News Briefing, it's Tuesday, August 6th.

0:37.0

I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.0

Meal planning, appointment scheduling, and task delegating are all part of what's known as mental load.

0:47.4

There are apps out there that can help, provided that managing the tech doesn't become another chore.

0:54.0

Plus, artificial intelligence is learning to predict the weather.

0:58.0

Scientists say AI-based programs could one day calculate forecasts faster and at a lower cost than

1:05.0

existing methods. We'll tell you how they work and where things stand with

1:09.5

their development. But first, there's the work you get paid for and the work that seems to occupy every other

1:19.7

moment of your life. Shifts of cooking, cleaning, child care, and the endless to-do lists in our heads.

1:26.8

They're called the mental load. A recent study of more than 2,000 parents commissioned by Skylight, the maker of a touch screen calendar, found

1:36.0

that parents devoted an average of 30 hours a week to managing family schedules and household

1:42.0

tasks. If you're feeling overwhelmed by this, managing family

1:43.0

and household tasks. If you're feeling overwhelmed by this,

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