Plastic pollution is a growing environmental crisis threatening ocean ecosystems. There are over 150 million metric tons of plastic debris accumulating in our seas. Cleaning up this much trash could take thousands of years at current rates.
To accelerate cleanup, we need to rapidly identify and map ocean trash at scale. 12Labs provides an innovative solution through AI-powered video retrieval.
The 12Labs system leverages computer vision and deep learning to process aerial and satellite imagery. Our algorithms are trained to identify different types of ocean trash with high accuracy.
The models can scan hundreds of hours of video per day - far faster than human analysts. Detected trash is timestamped and matched to geospatial coordinates.
Our intuitive interface makes searching the processed footage and analyzing trends simple. Users can easily filter and export data on trash hotspots.
- Processes 500+ hours of video daily
- 90%+ accuracy for key trash objects
- Outputs timestamps and geocoordinates
- Improves over time with more training data
- Finds trash across ocean basins faster than manual review
- 50X speed improvement over current methods
- Scans the entire ocean in less than 10 years
- Earlier hotspot detection enables rapid response
- Continuous monitoring to track accumulation
12Labs gives us the technology to create a step-change in understanding global ocean trash patterns. Focused training on 12Labs system can map trash distributions at the ocean-basin scale on practical timelines.
These capabilities can directly enable targeted cleanup and preservation of our vital marine ecosystems. Let's work together to remove ocean plastic!