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Virginia Tech researcher finds AI could help improve city planning

Research by Junghwan Kim, a former ISCE PREP scholar, shows that generative AI, including ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, has potential to improve city planning by broadening access to tools for assessing walkability, safety, lighting, and other key factors.

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