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The Next Phase of Aurora: Open and Collaborative AI for Weather and Climate Forecasting – November 2025

Author/Source: Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President See the full link here

Takeaway

This article explains how Microsoft is making its special computer program, Aurora, available for everyone to use. This program uses artificial intelligence to help predict weather and climate changes faster and more accurately.

Technical Subject Understandability

Beginner

Analogy/Comparison

Making Aurora open is like sharing a super powerful magnifying glass with all scientists so they can better see and understand tiny details in a very big picture.

Why It Matters

Better weather predictions help people and communities prepare for extreme weather events like floods or heatwaves. For example, more accurate forecasts can help farmers know when to plant or harvest crops, or allow cities to plan better for disaster response.

Related Terms

AI model, Open source. Jargon Conversion: An AI model is a computer program that learns from lots of information to make smart predictions. Open source means the computer program’s instructions are shared publicly so anyone can use and improve them.