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‘Mineral’ is X’s ‘computational agriculture’ moonshot focused on increased, sustainable food production – 9to5Google
X today officially announced that it’s computational agriculture project is called “Mineral.” Back in 2018, Alphabet’s moonshot division…

Back in 2018, Alphabet’s moonshot division revealed that it’s looking into how machine learning could be applied to crop production. X today officially announced that its computational agriculture project is called “Mineral.”
Last March, X shared more details about its “early stage project focused on sustainable food production.” It coined the term “computational agriculture” to describe how “some of the challenges farmers face today could be helped with a mix of better data, machine learning, …
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