{
  "id": 6075434,
  "title": "Backing 16 green AI projects in Asia-Pacific",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/backing-16-green-ai-projects-in-asia-pacific",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-07T01:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Google Blog",
    "slug": "google-blog",
    "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/ai-planet-accelerator-apac/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google has chosen 16 organizations across the Asia-Pacific region to participate in the Google DeepMind Accelerator, focusing on addressing critical environmental issues. These groups, encompassing startups, nonprofits, and research teams, will leverage cutting-edge artificial intelligence models to advance their projects in biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, and carbon solutions. Over the next three months, these participants will receive expert mentorship, technical assistance, and access to the latest Google AI stack, including specialized frontier models, to scale their solutions for a more sustainable future. The program, officially launched with a hands-on bootcamp in Singapore, aims to support these organizations in overcoming technical challenges and deploying AI-driven solutions to tackle pressing environmental challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.",
  "summary": "We’re supporting 16 organizations across Asia-Pacific using frontier AI to tackle challenges in climate, agriculture, and biodiversity.",
  "key_points": [
    "Google selects 16 organizations in Asia-Pacific for DeepMind Accelerator",
    "Projects focus on biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, carbon solutions",
    "Participants receive mentorship, technical assistance, Google AI tools"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Google's selection of 16 green AI projects in Asia-Pacific reflects a strategic push to deploy cutting-edge AI technology to address pressing environmental issues through sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and carbon solutions.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}