{"id":99323,"date":"2025-10-23T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/99323\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:36:10","slug":"bezos-earth-fund-announces-30-million-in-ai-grand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/99323\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezos Earth Fund Announces $30 Million in AI Grand\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winning projects span five continents, from an AI-driven coral reef monitoring network in the Pacific to a weather forecasting model designed for African farmers. They include efforts led by The Nature Conservancy, Yale University, The Wildlife Conservation Society, Cornell University, and The New York Botanical Garden, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Following this announcement, awardees will put their solutions into action over the next several years. During this period, they will test, refine, and evaluate the impact of their approaches, sharing insights and results along the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the Bezos Earth Fund, we\u2019re focused on making AI work for the environment \u2014 not the other way around,\u201d said Dr. Amen Ra Mashariki, Director of AI at the Bezos Earth Fund. \u201cThese projects show how AI, when developed responsibly and guided by science, can strengthen environmental action, support communities, and ensure its overall impact on the planet is net positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The awardees were chosen following a global innovation sprint supported by partners including Amazon Web Services, Google.org, Microsoft Research, Ai2, and Esri, who provided mentorship, tools, and computing resources to help move ideas from concept to impact. These collaborations highlight the growing ecosystem of scientists, technologists, and environmental leaders working together to unlock AI\u2019s potential for sustainability.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winning projects span five continents, from an AI-driven coral reef monitoring network in the Pacific to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-99323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}