Using ChatGPT to detect wildfires early
Using ChatGPT, Ryan built a walkie-talkie feature that lets firefighters directly ask questions like: Is this a fire?
- Agent or tool
- ChatGPT
- Topic
- Research & Data
- Reported on
- Case study (OpenAI)
- Added
- 2026-11-11
Why it matters
Research is mostly gathering, cleaning and comparing. Handing that groundwork to an agent leaves the person with the part that needs judgment: deciding what the findings mean. It is one of 201 sightings filed under Research & Data on Agent Sightings (number 139 by interest), and one of 145 involving ChatGPT.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into ChatGPT or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
I want an agent to take on this workflow, show its working, and wait for approval on anything that changes a system or contacts someone. The tool in the source case was ChatGPT.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Case study (OpenAI): https://openai.com/index/detecting-wildfires-early. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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