Opensource GEOAssist v3.0 Released! Harness the power of natural language with LLM-driven map creation, utilizing 1.6 million mineral and rock localities from Mindat, the world's largest minerals database.New functionality added this weekend. The example natural language query shown in GEOAssist is “Show copper, gold, antimony indium, niobium, beryllium, tantalum and tungsten in Peru”. The LLM used... Continue Reading →

Free webinar AI, Drones and Satellites for Geoscientists: Sponsored by AIPG, Geological Society of South Africa, Zimbabwe & West African Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.I will be joining renowned experts in their fields on September 24th for an educational webinar to talk about how AI is transforming the geological sciences.Glen Nwaila David HodgettsNatalie Brand... Continue Reading →

Google AlphaEarth Foundation models released in the Satellite Embedding Dataset in Google Earth Engine.“AlphaEarth Foundations is an artificial intelligence (AI) model that functions like a virtual satellite. It accurately and efficiently characterizes the planet’s entire terrestrial land and coastal waters by integrating huge amounts of Earth observation data into a unified digital representation, or "embedding,"... Continue Reading →

A large-scale open-source 3D seismic dataset with labeled paleochannels for advancing deep learning in seismic interpretation. Interesting paper from Wang et al (2025).Abstract“Identifying paleochannels in 3D seismic volumes (seismic paleochannel interpretation) is essential for georesource development and offering insights into paleoclimate conditions. However, it remains a labor- intensive and time-consuming task. Deep learning has shown... Continue Reading →

Enjoyed presenting the keynote at INGV 'AI Day' today. How we ethically design, educate, promote and use Language Models within the geosciences is likely to be of increasing importance.