Alphabet X exploring AI and drones to improve farming

Alphabet's "moonshot factory" X is tackling the world's food problems. X head Astro Teller recently revealed details about the effort at MIT Technology Review's EmTech Digital event, where he explained that machine learning is being explored as a potential boon to farming, essentially bringing an AI twist to agriculture. The project is still in its early stages, though. X, formerly known as Google X, is behind Project Loon and other ambitious, often futuristic projects. According to Teller, the team has been exploring the potential use of AI in agriculture, though he didn't provide specifics on any given potential approach, of which machine learning is one.