Google and the Gates Foundation have directed more than $100M in combined funding and dedicated technical support from Google researchers to deploy real-time climate, agricultural, and language AI tools. MOUNTAIN VIEW & SEATTLE (Friday, 18 September) — The Gates Foundation and Google today unveiled an expanded initiative to bring advanced AI tools to 200 million smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia , helping them anticipate climate risks , improve farm productivity , and build resilience in a changing climate. The multi-year roadmap will scale AI applications from an initial reach of 50 million farmers to 200 million smallholders across critical climate-adaptation and food-security challenges. To support this expansion, the Gates Foundation and Google have contributed $100 million in combined funding and dedicated research and engineering support to organizations delivering scaled impact. “No matter where they farm, people deserve access to the weather...