DOI · DOI-0242 · record R2521
Google Vertex AI Document workbench [2024 INV#WO0000000154393]
Department of the Interior · USGS
Overview
- Development stage
- PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- Not reported
- Start date
- 2025-02-03 (day precision)Source: 2/3/2025
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Science
- Operational functions
- No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
The USGS Energy Resource Program needs to use Google Vertex AI document workbench to perform data rescue on some old paper USGS publication tables with oil and gas production data from the 1940s-1980. This data is not available in digital form.
Expected benefits
data rescue
System outputs
digital data extracted from paper publication - oil and gas production data from 1940s - 1980s
Technology
- AI classification
- Computer visionSource: Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).
- System name(s)
- Not reported
- Custom-developed code
- No
- Public source code
- Not reported
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
- Vendor (as reported)
- Vendors (standardized)
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- No
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- No
- Demographic features
- k) None of the above
- Training and evaluation data
- oil and gas production data from 1940s - 1980s
- Federal Data Catalog
- pubs.usgs.gov ↗
Governance
0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported