Inria Chile and Viña Concha y Toro join forces to lead in Industrial Revolution 5.0
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Changed on 30/04/2024
The project aims to create a digital system integrated with predictive models based on artificial intelligence that will allow predicting the volume of harvest, vine phenology, tracking of grape ripeness, and scheduling of grape reception and winemaking operations.
Inria Chile, in a strategic collaboration with Viña Concha y Toro, and with the support of Corfo, launched the initiative Vendimia 5.0. This pioneering project marks a milestone in the fifth industrial revolution for the wine sector in Chile. This project aims to optimize productive and qualitative decisions of the grape harvest through a digital transformation that will improve human-machine planning, which is especially relevant in a climate change scenario.
To carry out this project, the collaboration aims to create a digital system integrated with predictive models based on artificial intelligence that will allow predicting the volume of harvest, vine phenology, tracking of grape ripeness, and scheduling of grape reception and winemaking operations.
The initiative seeks to strengthen the innovation ecosystem in Chile, at both regional and national levels, with a significant investment in new technological capabilities and advanced human capital in the Maule region.
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Although there are similar projects in the wine industry of other countries, this initiative positions itself as a global project by proposing the integration of solutions based on explainable artificial intelligence to optimize and jointly direct with humans the various phases of the winemaking process.
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Director of Inria Chile
Inria, as a global leader in research in digital sciences and technologies and as coordinator of the research component of France's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, sees this project as an opportunity to consolidate its presence and contribution in Chile in an initiative that puts into practice the so-called Industrial Revolution 5.0, an evolutionary phase driven by advanced integration of artificial intelligence and greater collaboration with humans. In this context, it stands out for significantly enhancing the human capacity to understand machine-generated results.
This is a strategic project that we will develop with Viña Concha y Toro. It is an interdisciplinary and pioneering project in the application of explainable artificial intelligence for the adaptation of the winemaking process to the effects of climate change. With this, we aim to strengthen the positioning of Chile and its wine industry not only at a regional level but also at a global level, with a sustainable technological development perspective and with human at the center for a more optimal and resilient industry, added Nayat.
What is explainable artificial intelligence?
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, especially those based on deep learning and neural networks, can be very complex and difficult for humans to understand.
Explainable AI, or XAI for its acronym in English, seeks to address this challenge by providing methods and tools that allow users to understand how an AI system reaches its conclusions, how input data is used, and what factors influence decisions. This approach aims to make AI systems more transparent and interpretable, which is especially important in critical decision-making scenarios where trust and accountability are essential.
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The strategic alliance 'Corfo - Inria Chile - Viña Concha y Toro' for the pioneering development of the fifth industrial revolution in the Chilean wine sector is great news that will strengthen national and regional technological capabilities and will be a pioneer in the development of human-machine technologies.
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Director of the Research and Innovation Center of Viña Concha y Toro.
The agreement signed between Viña Concha y Toro and Inria Chile is for five years and involves an investment of 1.500 million. Of the total, Viña Concha y Toro will finance $900 million, while the rest corresponds to a contribution from Corfo.