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pluc11/20/20243 repliesview on HN

What does AI have to do with this? They thoroughly scanned the thing, where's the need for AI?


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porphyra11/20/2024

Photogrammetry has rebranded itself to "Spatial AI".

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reubenmorais11/20/2024

I think putting AI front and center in the marketing like this is a public relations move by Microsoft to brush up the image of AI in the general public.

Karawebnetwork11/21/2024

"Microsoft provided the AI tech needed to process and analyze Iconem’s vast amount of photogrammetry data used to create the digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica. Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab contributed advanced tools that refined the digital twin with millimeter-level accuracy, and used AI to help detect and map structural vulnerabilities like cracks and missing mosaic tiles."