Marin grad uses AI to improve data about northern lights

For Jason Press, artificial intelligence is about more than chatbots. He thinks it could help scientists get better data about the aurora borealis.

Press, a Marin Catholic High School graduate, is using the technology to study northern lights as a data research project at Pepperdine University in Malibu. Clouds can compromise data collection on the glowing phenomenon.

“There are very few clear-sky nights with aurora data,” Press, 22, said in an email. “When clouds roll in, that data is usually lost.