AI to assess Des Moines properties

• Plus, other governments could potentially use the technology if it's successful, city planner Anuprit Minhas tells Axios.

Catch up fast: City staffers have conducted surveys of building conditions via in-person visits in recent years.

• The work takes a team of about 10 people more than six months to complete.

Driving the news: Photos of the roughly 65,000 homes taken last year will be used by the Translational AI Center at Iowa State University underan agreement approved this week by the City Council.

• Computer algorithms will assess conditions, which will be evaluated by city staff for accuracy.
• The hope is for the process to be faster and more accurate by reducing human subjectivity, Minhas says. .

What's next: The AI work and its results are expected to be complete by mid-August.