What Can ChatGPT Do for You? Unveiling My Transformative Journey of AI Chatbots
Posted: February 29, 2024 Filed under: AI, startup | Tags: AI, artificial-intelligence, ChatGPT, CoPilot, digital transformation, Gemini, GenAI, generative-ai Leave a comment
Businesses are swiftly embracing Generative AI (GenAI) technologies to drive impactful results and achieve early success. According to the latest available data, 49% of U.S. companies currently use ChatGPT, with an additional 30% planning to integrate the AI chatbot in the near future.
A recent Generative AI Report reveals that businesses widely adopt GenAI for enhanced efficiency and innovation. Common applications include automated content creation, customer service, fraud detection, and supply chain optimization.
I primarily leverage GenAI to expedite marketing content creation, product research, and coding. 🚀🌟
Accelerating Marketing Content Creation:
Crafting compelling content demands both creativity and time. With the right references and prompts, GenAI generates persuasive ad copy, blog posts, and social media content. I enhance these drafts with my unique insights and inputs, creating more and better stories. GenAI also provides creative visual content that resonates with audiences.
Enhancing Product Feature Research:
GenAI offers distinct advantages over traditional internet searches, especially in product feature comparison. It synthesizes novel content based on existing data, tailoring insights to specific requirements. Unlike generic search results, GenAI produces context-aware comparisons, considering nuances and user preferences. Traditional searches lack this level of creative problem-solving. GenAI saves me time and effort in comprehensive research.
Streamlining Coding and Prototyping:
While I’m not a professional coder, I enjoy creating small programs for proof of concept. Software prototypes demonstrate how technology works. They can help prospective customers better understand product values. GenAI accelerates coding, software development, and prototyping in several ways:
- Code Generation: GenAI automatically generates code snippets based on high-level specifications, allowing quick validation of ideas without extensive time and resources.
- Prototyping Efficiency: GenAI swiftly creates functional prototypes, enabling my development team to experiment, fail fast, and refine concepts without lengthy manual coding.
- Reducing Busy Work: GenAI acts as a copilot, handling routine tasks like syntax checks and boilerplate code. This allows my developers to focus on higher-level logic and creativity.
In summary, GenAI streamlines development, fosters innovation, and enhances productivity in the startup world.
Bushfire Detection in Australia: Fire Foresight
Posted: October 21, 2023 Filed under: AI, startup, wildfire detection | Tags: australia, bushfire detection, Fire Foresight, Fire Shield, Minderoo, wildfire detection Leave a commentMy journey in Bushfire Detection in Australia began in early 2020. We collaborated with our partners to present and submit our proposal for early bushfire detection to the Minderoo Foundation’s Fire and Flood Resilience initiative. Our proposal focused on the Fire Shield mission: extinguish any dangerous fire anywhere in the country within one hour.
The engagement was inspiring. We wanted to, and believed we could, do more.
Fast forward to 2023, the Fire Shield’s focus has shifted towards resilience and disaster preparedness. My startup, RoboticsCats, has transitioned its core product from camera hardware to LookOut, an AI wildfire detection software-as-a-service. We built LookOut to achieve two goals:
- Detect: Immediately identify fires from the ground
- Share: Share information in real time for immediate decisions
Our AI wildfire detection technology now safeguards forests in over 10 countries, including Australia.
We have gained valuable experience in supporting Australian environments and are working closely with more industry leaders and experts. We are now part of a stronger team dedicated to serving businesses and communities in Australia.
Indicium Dynamics is a full-service Internet of Things (IoT) and data integration solutions provider headquartered in Tasmania, Australia. They offer solutions for Smart Buildings, Smart Cities, Digital Forests, Smart Agriculture, Smart Utilities, and Disaster Resilience to customers in the ANZ region.
Indicium Dynamics has partnered with RoboticsCats to assist Australian customers in reducing bushfire risks. Leveraging its expertise, Indicium Dynamics integrates LookOut Wildfire Detection SaaS into its IoT platform to provide Fire Foresight to customers. Fire Foresight combines the best of data analytics, IoT connectivity, and AI-powered vision to offer Australia the most advanced bushfire detection system available on the market.
Current weather conditions indicate a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event for the first time in four years, which will reduce the amount of rain and moist air reaching Australia from the northwest and increase temperatures in parts of the country. When an El Niño and a positive IOD occur simultaneously, their drying effect is typically stronger and more widespread across Australia.
The 2023 Australian bushfire season presents significant challenges. There is a new Wikipedia page dedicated to this fire season.
Experts agree that fires need to be detected earlier to be extinguished before they grow too large. Early detection is a game changer for firefighting, but current capabilities are inaccurate, not precise enough, or with limited coverage.
“From space, a hot pixel represents 1km2 and the false positive rate can reach 40%, inhibiting the reliability of observations and delaying action. Closer to the ground, planes cannot roam the sky 24/7 and ground detection is limited in the coverage area,” said XPRIZE.
All detection methods are challenged by certain environmental conditions. Camera-based early bushfire detection is the best-performing and most widely adopted solution nowadays.
Summer is approaching in Australia; now is the time to prepare adequately for the fire season and enhance disaster resilience. Fire Foresight supports a wide range of IoT sensors and image inputs, including professional surveillance cameras, security webcams, smartphones, and live web photos. Depending on your needs and environment, Fire Foresight can work with newly procured equipment as well as your existing security cameras.
Over the last four years, we have met and served customers around the world, from Hong Kong to Australia, Indonesia, Portugal, Greece, South Korea, Uruguay, Brazil, Spain, the USA, Singapore, and Colombia. The road less traveled has refined our technology and ecosystem.
We are well-positioned to help Australia detect bushfire outbreaks and improve resilience. Please contact sales@indiciumdynamics.com for more information about Fire Foresight.
AI Wildfire Detection Using Webcams in Sun Peaks
Posted: July 5, 2023 Filed under: AI, wildfire detection | Tags: AI, Canada, wildfire 2 CommentsMy partner Felipe shared with me the news about the wildfire outbreaks in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Wildfires are a growing challenge in Canada, and the 2023 fire season is expected to be especially severe. Wildfires have already destroyed millions of hectares of land and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
Sun Peaks is a beautiful ski resort located near Kamloops, British Columbia. I visited Sun Peaks in March 2019, and it was truly a stunning place. I had a great time there. However, the area is also at risk of wildfires, as it is surrounded by forests.
I traveled to Kamloops four years ago to present at a symposium about wildfire management and mitigation technologies. It was the first time I met wildfire experts Bruce Blackwell and Felipe Borelli in person. Time flies!
Wildfires are more challenging nowadays. Our company, RoboticsCats, along with other players in the firetech/climatetech industry, is working hard to develop technologies to combat forest fires. The industry has made significant progress, and we can do even more today!
There are webcams installed in the Sun Peaks area. Our LookOut wildfire detection Software-as-a-Service applies artificial intelligence to analyze webcam footage and identify potential wildfires. We have set up LookOut to work with some webcams to detect early-stage wildfires in the Sun Peaks area. If any wildfire is detected, we will share the detection alert and information with the public via social media. It will help the community to take timely actions to mitigate the wildfire risk and damage. Together, we can do better and faster!
Black-faced Spoonbills in Hong Kong
Posted: March 14, 2023 Filed under: AI, CDN | Tags: biodiversity, video streaming Leave a commentA photo tells a thousand words.
The AI bird detection system in Mai Po Nature Reserve captured some good photos of the Black-faced Spoonbills last week.
The Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) is a medium-sized wading bird that is named for its distinctive black facial skin, which contrasts sharply with its white plumage. It is one of six species of spoonbills, and is currently listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). There are just 6,162 Black-faced Spoonbillls in the world.
Black-faced Spoonbills are found primarily in East Asia, including China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, as well as in parts of Southeast Asia. They typically inhabit coastal areas, estuaries, mudflats, and other shallow wetlands, where they feed on small fish, crustaceans, and other aquatic invertebrates.
The Black-faced Spoonbill was once hunted extensively for its feathers, which were prized for use in hats and other fashion accessories. Habitat destruction, pollution, and other human activities have also contributed to the bird’s decline in recent decades. Conservation efforts, including habitat restoration and protected areas, have helped to stabilize the Black-faced Spoonbill population, but ongoing threats mean that the species remains at risk of extinction.
The Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong is an important habitat for the Black-faced Spoonbills.
There are several ways in which we can help to protect the Black-faced Spoonbill:
1. Habitat conservation: The Black-faced Spoonbill’s natural habitat, such as coastal wetlands, mudflats, and estuaries, should be protected and restored. This can be done by designating protected areas, enforcing regulations against habitat destruction, and promoting sustainable land use practices.
2. Pollution control: Pollution can affect the quality of the Black-faced Spoonbill’s habitat and food sources. Measures should be taken to reduce pollution from industrial and agricultural sources, as well as from plastic waste in the oceans.
3. Sustainable fishing practices: Overfishing can deplete the Black-faced Spoonbill’s food sources. Sustainable fishing practices should be promoted to ensure that the bird’s food supply is not threatened.
4. Public awareness: Raising public awareness about the Black-faced Spoonbill and its conservation status can help to generate support for conservation efforts. This can be done through education campaigns, bird watching tours, and other outreach programs.
5. Research: Research into the ecology and behavior of the Black-faced Spoonbill can help us to better understand its needs and develop more effective conservation strategies.
By taking these steps, we can help to protect the Black-faced Spoonbill and ensure that this beautiful bird does not go extinct.
Want more photos? See this instagram.com/roboticscats/
RoboticsCats is among the Top 50 startups for the 4YFN Awards 2023
Posted: November 7, 2022 Filed under: AI, CDN, mobile, startup, wildfire detection | Tags: AI, CDN, mobile, startup Leave a commentThe 4YFN Awards is a global startup competition aimed at finding the best digital startups around the globe. It is the highest official recognition offered exclusively to startups during MWC Barcelona 2023.
This year, 4YFN received hundreds of startup applications from no less than 49 countries around the world, an all-times record for the organisation. Our startup RoboticsCats is thrilled to have been selected as part of the exclusive Top 50 startups list, reserved for companies who ranked at the top on criteria including innovation, soundness, traction, potential, impact and fit.
Humanising Technology, 4YFN 2023 event theme, speaks about Startups as a force of disruption. The event will showcase and debate how entrepreneurs and their ecosystems can build a more humane technological playing field to solve society’s current and upcoming challenges. We are 100% on board with this mission and are pleased to have the chance to form part of this journey.
On Friday Nov 11, 2022, 4YFN will be announcing the 5 finalists of the competition, chosen by a panel of industry experts and investors from organisations like Playfair Capital, LUMO labs, Draper B1, Harbinger VC, GSMA Foundry, Seaya and others. Stay tuned to the announcements here and on 4YFN social media channels
RoboticsCats is a digital and mobile startup. Our first product is the Insight Globe Mobile (IGM) app launched in February 2020, six months after we founded the company. IGM empowers InsightFD wildfire detection system customers to easily receive and use image-based wildfire detection alerts on their smartphones
The COVID-19 outbreak accelerated our mobile-first strategy. We launched our consumer product ReportFires web app in March and the ReportFires app on Kickstarter in October 2020 respectively. ReportFires is a free crowdsourcing platform to facilitate people to report and receive wildfire outbreak locations. Modern map app design, single hand operation which takes less than three seconds to report and share wildfire location.
We built and installed the world’s first AI wildfire detection service-as-as-service deployment at Big Tree Animal Sanctuary and Adoption Centre in March 2021. We connect AXIS Communications HD and 4K surveillance cameras to a congestion-free 5G network via a Netgear Nighthawk M5 router. The animal center users use ReportFires app to receive detection alerts. The design and lessons learned in serving this non-profit customer became the foundation of our LookOut wildfire detection SaaS.
Our project was nominated by the Hong Kong Government as one of the innovations funded by the Subsidy Scheme for Encouraging Early Deployment of 5G.
Between June and September 2021, we implemented our first and second international LookOut customers at Piriapolis in Uruguay and Barra do Garcas in Brazil. They are innovators. We shared their success stories at the UNEP Modern Technologies for Disaster Management Webinar on 28th September 2021. Since then we have been working with customers to use LookOut service to protect forests, communities, and infrastructure in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
We focus on global partnerships in 2022 to innovate faster and better. We team up with startup communities, research institutes, and NGOs to add new capabilities to the LookOut platform. One new tool is our LookOut Cam app which turns an Android phone into an image input device for our LookOut wildfire detection SaaS. We shared our mobile strategy at ViennaUp’22 Connect Day and demonstrated the prototype at the 5G International Exchange Forum in Vienna.
Top 50 startups for the 4YFN23 Awards is a strong encouragement to our digital and mobile-first strategies over the last few years! Kudos to our customers and partners. We work together to build the world’s most mobile-friendly wildfire detection solutions. It is a long and rewarding journey: Hong Kong, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, USA, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Mozambique, Latvia, Greece, Portugal, and Spain.
Our LookOut Cam app, LookOut wildfire detection SaaS, and ReportFires app provide an end-to-end mobile AI wildfire detection solution. It empowers users to use our technologies at their fingertips. All we need is an internet-connected smartphone.
Register your free LookOut wildfire detection SaaS trial account and download LookOut Cam app now.
Andre's blog 