AI That Fights Fires? | April 14, 2025

Summary

This CNN 10 episode covers a range of inspirational topics. It highlights Blue Origin's historic launch of the first all-female crew in over 60 years, featuring notable names like singer Katy Perry and journalist Gail King. The crew will travel beyond the Karman line, experiencing microgravity and potentially inspiring future generations of women. Additionally, the segment introduces AI advancements in fire prevention, where machine learning programs promise to enhance fire forecasts and save lives. Lastly, it tells a heartwarming story of a mother and daughter duo whose small act of kindness towards a lonely author at a book signing went viral, demonstrating how empathy and kindness can significantly impact lives. The episode concludes with a motivational closure from the host, encouraging viewers to spread kindness and positivity.

Highlights

• Blue Origin is launching its first all-female crew to space, marking a historic event in space tourism. 🚀
• The crew will travel past the Karman line, experiencing a few minutes of weightlessness. 🌌
• AI is being utilized to predict and prevent wildfires, enhancing traditional fire weather forecasts. 🔥
• A mom and daughter show kindness to a lonely author, leading to his book's viral success and bestseller status. 📚
• Olivia Mun raises questions about the cost versus benefits of space missions during an NBC segment. 💸

Key Takeaways

• Blue Origin's mission with an all-female crew aims to inspire more women to pursue space careers. 🚀
• AI innovations are now aiding in predicting wildfires before they start, potentially saving lives. 🔥
• A small act of kindness from a mom and daughter at a book signing event goes viral, changing an author's life. 💖

Overview

In this inspiring episode, CNN 10 features a historic space mission: Blue Origin's first all-female crew mission set to launch to the edge of space. This mission, part of the NS-31 flight, includes notable names such as Katy Perry and Gail King, and aims to inspire future generations. The crew will experience microgravity, creating a significant moment for women in STEM fields.

The program also explores how AI is contributing to fire safety. By integrating complex data into machine learning models, scientists are better able to predict early fire hazards, potentially preventing disasters and saving many lives. This AI-driven approach marks an innovative leap forward in wildfire management, utilizing environmental patterns to enhance preparedness and response.

Finally, the episode shares a touching story of kindness. A mother and her young daughter attended a book signing event where they showed empathy to a solitary author. Their gesture went viral, leading to the author's newfound success. This narrative underscores the powerful ripple effects that can stem from simple acts of kindness, highlighting the theme of compassion throughout the episode.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and upcoming events In this chapter, Ky Wire introduces the CNN 10 show, highlighting it as a week filled with growth and opportunity. He mentions that April 14th is 'look up at the sky day' and encourages the audience to slow down and appreciate the small things such as taking a deep breath or enjoying nature.
• 00:30 - 03:50: Historic Blue Origin spaceflight The chapter discusses a historic spaceflight launched by Blue Origin. Notably, it is the first all-female crew in over 60 years headed to the edge of space and back. The launch is occurring in Texas. Notable personalities in the six-person crew include journalist Gail King, singer Katy Perry, and Lauren Sanchez, who is a pilot, journalist, and vice chair.
• 07:10 - 12:10: AI in fire prediction The chapter discusses the AI applications in fire prediction, featuring members engaged in related technological and scientific endeavors. It mentions the Bezos Earth Fund, and highlights prominent figures such as Jeff Bezos's fiancée, Kerannne Flynn, a former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bo, and bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nuin. The chapter also touches on the aspects of a suborbital space tourism mission that will be autonomous, with details on its expected duration and the boundary of space based on the Carman line at 100 kilometers, or 62 miles, above the Earth.
• 12:10 - 15:30: Heartwarming act of kindness goes viral The chapter titled 'Heartwarming act of kindness goes viral' describes a historic space mission. An all-female crew is preparing for a space journey aboard the New Shepard rocket, a significant milestone as it marks the first such event in over 60 years. The launch, part of Blue Origin's NS-31 mission, is scheduled from West Texas. The mission will provide the crew with a brief experience of microgravity and impressive views of Earth.
• 15:30 - 16:40: Closing remarks and shoutouts The chapter discusses a space mission on the New Shepard vehicle where a six-person crew, including singer Katy Perry, journalist Gale King, and Lauren Sanchez, is set to travel past the Karman line to experience microgravity. Former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bo hopes this mission will encourage more women to explore opportunities in space.

AI That Fights Fires? | April 14, 2025 Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 [Music] What's up, sunshine? I'm Ky Wire. Welcome to CNN 10. I'm excited to be here kicking off another week of growth and opportunity with all of you. Did you know that April 14th is look up at the sky day? So, be sure to take a moment to slow down, take a deep breath, or smell the flowers, cool the soup. Calling all the noise, maybe do some
• 00:30 - 01:00 cloud gazing and just be grateful for all those simple things in life we sometimes might take for granted. For now, let's get you your news. We start with an historic launch by the private space flight company Blue Origin, planning to launch the first all female crew in over 60 years to the edge of space and back from its launch site in Texas. Among the sixperson crew are notable names like journalist Gail King, singer Katie Perry, and Lauren Sanchez, pilot, journalist, and vice chair of the
• 01:00 - 01:30 Bezos Earth Fund. She's engaged to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Joining them are film producer Kerannne Flynn, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bo, and bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nuin. The suborbital space tourism mission will be fully autonomous with no pilots on board and it'll last about 10 minutes. The crew will travel just past the Carman line, a widely recognized demarcation of where space begins. It is at 100 kilometers or 62
• 01:30 - 02:00 miles above sea level. That's where the crew will experience a few minutes of microgravity, not to mention tremendous views of Earth before returning home. Our Isabelle Rosales has more on this historic 31st flight of the New Shepard rocket. Liftoff. For the first time in more than 60 years, an all female crew is set to blast off into space. Blue Origin star-studded NS-31 mission is scheduled to launch from West Texas on April 14th
• 02:00 - 02:30 on board the New Shepard vehicle. Among the sixperson crew are singer Katy Perry, journalist Gale King, and Lauren Sanchez, pilot, and fiance of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. The crew is set to travel just past the Carmon line, the point widely recognized as where outer space begins, and will experience a few minutes of microgravity before descending back to Earth. Crew member and former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bo spoke to CNN about her hope that this landmark voyage will inspire more women
• 02:30 - 03:00 to shoot for the stars. To see six women who are all incredibly unique, who are very inspiring in their own right come together and globally on a campaign. I think what you're going to see is not only more women but more people know that they can too become one of us and that they also can reach and work in these fields. This will mark the first all female space mission since Soviet cosminaut Valentina Terishova's solo mission back in
• 03:00 - 03:30 1963. But the historic mission has also faced criticism including from actress Olivia Mun. While co-hosting on NBC's Today Show with Jenna Bush Hager, Mun questioned the purpose of the mission and its cost. What What are they doing? Like why? You know what I mean? Like I I'm just saying this, okay? I know this is probably not the the cool thing to say, but like there are so many other things that are so important in the world right now. Like what like this it's not they aren't asked. I mean there's one astronaut, one astronaut, but like what are you guys going to do up in space? What are you doing up
• 03:30 - 04:00 there? One crew member, researcher and civil rights activist Amanda Wyn will conduct experiments about women's health during the 11-minute flight. Wyn will make history, becoming the first woman of Vietnamese or Southeast Asian descent in space. Since their first successful crude space flight in 2021, Blue Origin has had 10 crude missions, bringing more than 50 people to the edge of space, including Star Trek actor William Shatner, who was brought to tears by the experience. I hope I never recover from
• 04:00 - 04:30 this. Pop quiz hot shot. What famous mascot received so much fan mail that the post office assigned him his own zip code in 1964? Michelin man, Smokey the Bear, Tony the Tiger, or Pillsbury Doughboy. If you said smoky bear, smoking. In 1950, a bear cub rescued from a forest fire in New Mexico took over for Bambi as a symbol of forest fire prevention. And you can still send
• 04:30 - 05:00 mail at Smokeoky Bear, Washington DC 20252. Smokey Bear has historically used his bear charm to inspire generations to help prevent fires. And now researchers are using artificial intelligence to help predict fires and stop them before they start. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is now using an AI powered model to boost the accuracy of fire forecasts, incorporating data like fire patterns, potential fuel sources, and human activity into machine learning programs
• 05:00 - 05:30 to improve on traditional weather models. Our Derek Vanam shows us how scientists hope this technology will save lives and homes from wildfires in the future. Researchers in Europe are using the power of AI to predict where wildfires will break out before the first ember even ignites. Using machine learning, the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts has developed a new model that takes into account a variety of factors to determine areas at risk of
• 05:30 - 06:00 wildfires. So, historically for fire forecasting, we use what's called the fire weather index. And this is a simple physicsbased model where we use four weather variables, temperature, wind, precipitation, and humidity to forecast the chance that if a fire does occur, how intense it will be. So what we know from that is that it doesn't account for a lot of things. It doesn't account for fuel. It doesn't account for ignition sources and things like that. So what we try to do here is we try to incorporate more data into a machine learning
• 06:00 - 06:30 framework. For example, in the recent LA wildfires, unusual wet weather conditions leading up to the fires caused ample vegetation growth that was then made flammable by exceptionally dry weather in winter. So, you see, this new model would be able to take those factors into account and find the specific areas most at risk. This new method the probability of fire having the memory of the the fuel abundance in their formulation allow to
• 06:30 - 07:00 really identifies those region that could be much more affected compared to simpler method they only consider weather and this is why our prediction in this case was much more precise and pinpointed exact location when very close to Los Angeles where fire really occurred. The danger wildfires pose is growing. Just last year, wildfires forced the displacement of 800,000 people, the
• 07:00 - 07:30 highest numbers since records began back in 2008. Researchers hope the model can be used by fire officials to identify areas at the most risk of fires and prevent them before they start, saving lives and homes in the process. [Applause] Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A motheraughter duo going viral for one small act of kindness. They had an
• 07:30 - 08:00 enormous impact. Taylor Denelli and her four-year-old daughter were shopping at a Barnes & Noble. They saw a firsttime author set up with his stack of books hoping to sign some for people. Only problem was nobody came up to him. He was sitting there all alone. Like I always say, you are more powerful than you know. Take a look at how one powerful moment had an impact greater than they could have ever imagined. Taylor Denelli was shopping at a Barnes & Noble with her four-year-old daughter when they saw an author sitting alone at a book signing event. We were there for probably half an hour and I didn't
• 08:00 - 08:30 really see anybody else going over to his table or or anything like that. And I thought, "Yeah, that would be really nice. You know, I'm sure he would really appreciate if we went over and talked to him as well." this amazing four-year-old girl came marching up to me and she bravely said, "I want to be an author when I grow up." And I just created my first book. And in that moment, it was such a special moment. She touched my heart. Delli posted The Encounters to Tik Tok where it eventually got nearly
• 08:30 - 09:00 80 million views. Now Stanley's book is listed as one of Amazon's best sellers. You know, I explained to her as much as you can explain to a four-year-old that we what we did really will change Mr. Stanley's life and make his life a lot better. And her first like without a second thought, she's like, "Mommy, we could help everybody. Like, we should keep helping people." The video made an impact because she came into the moment with kindness and empathy. And it shown the world that kindness matters. It can change someone's life. It changed mine.
• 09:00 - 09:30 Make someone smile today, y'all. You never know when. You never know how, but you may just be the spark of joy that someone needs. Today, we are sending our shout out today to the Warriors at Tantasua Regional Junior High School in Sturbage, Massachusetts. Thank you for making us part of your day. And thanks to all of you who've been commenting on our CNN 10 YouTube channel for your shoutout requests. We are at 996,000 subscribers. So, so close to hitting a million. Thank you to all who have already joined the fam. Rise up
• 09:30 - 10:00 everyone and make it a great start to the week. I'm Koi Wire. We are CNN 10. [Music]