Deep-sea AI Tool Powers up Marine Research, Poised for Global Use

A deep-sea exploration AI model developed by a collaborative team, led by Chinese scientists, was launched this week as part of a major international scientific project, which is expected to advance global understanding and governance of the deep ocean.

The model DePTH-GPT integrates AI technologies – including deep learning, large language models, computer vision and knowledge reasoning, to process data such as video footage, topography, hydrodynamics, sediment and bioacoustics.

It is poised to advance deep-sea research from traditional qualitative analysis toward an intelligent, interpretable and predictive stage.

The AI model has already established an intelligent cognitive system for a deep-sea seamount and a hydrothermal vent field, according to the Second Institute of Oceanography under the Ministry of Natural Resources.

DePTH-GPT is an outcome of the Digital DEPTH project, which focuses on deep-sea habitats and was launched under the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. (RSS/XINHUA)