Dozens of Japanese companies are capitalizing on a combination of satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to help them find abandoned houses that could be put up for sale, as the graying country copes with a rise in deserted housing.A service provided by startup Where Inc. uses AI trained on tens of thousands of photos to identify aging roofs, based on characteristics such as rustiness and colors. Houses that are likely left abandoned are marked on satellite imagery.One of the users, Kotaro Yasue, recently found a two-story wooden house and reached its owner through a real estate regi…READ FULL ARTICLE
