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Traditional models still ‘outperform AI’ for extreme weather forecasts

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Traditional models still ‘outperform AI’ for extreme weather forecasts
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Computer models that use artificial intelligence (AI) cannot forecast record-breaking weather as well as traditional climate models, according to a new study.



It is well established that AI climate models have surpassed traditional, physics-based climate models for some aspects of weather forecasting.



However, new research published in Science Advances finds that AI models still “underperform” in forecasting record-breaking extreme weather events.



The authors tested how well both AI and

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