AI: Plant and New Species Identification

An AI tool trained on millions of herbarium images is being developed to identify plants and discover new species. 

Public park in Key West, Florida. (Photo credit: imagedepotpro / istock)

The New York Botanical Garden will use AI trained on millions of herbarium images to identify plants and discover new species. The tool will be open-access and support global conservation research. 

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