Artificial Intelligence helps rescue leaders to intercept emergency calls
Since June 21, Sweden’s sea and air rescue leaders have been testing artificial intelligence to monitor “Mayday” calls in the Baltic Sea and around the Swedish coast. The new system, which is now being used in live tests, assists the rescue leader in identifying emergency calls by means of AI and Machine Learning.
The tests are underway within the framework of the Heimdall Innovation Project, which aims to develop functional AI technology to gain assistance with intercepting and interpreting incoming emergency calls and presenting them in an operator-friendly interface. The idea is that of Tobias Nicander, a rescue leader at the Swedish Maritime Administration’s sea and air traffic control centre, who had experienced work-induced stress and wanted better technical support to facilitate the operator.