NASA and IBM Release Open-Source Lunar AI Model

NASA and IBM have launched the Lunar Foundation Model, an open-source AI tool designed to support Artemis program exploration. The model is available on the Hugging Face platform and was trained on decades of lunar observation data to identify geographic features like craters and potential ice deposits.

The system reportedly outperforms existing methods by up to 23% in identifying lunar features. The release occurred on Thursday, September 10, 2026.