Five new wildfire monitoring camera stations that use artificial intelligence to look for smoke have been installed in areas where urban life meets the wilderness near Albuquerque and Santa Fe as part of pilot programs the state is working on with two electric utility companies.

Within two years, more than 40 wildfire detection stations from San Francisco-based company Pano AI should be in operation, with five stations provided by the company, six funded with state dollars and the remaining 32 paid for by Xcel Energy and Public Service Company of New Mexico, according to a state news release.

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