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Google Launches New AI Initiatives in India for Farming and Small Businesses

Hindustan Times2h
THE BRIEF
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Google.org provided $15 million to The/Nudge to help Indian small businesses develop AI tools for loan access, markets, and compliance.

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Google DeepMind partnered with ICRISAT to build a genetic atlas of sorghum, or jowar, utilizing over 44,000 distinct seeds.

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Google agricultural AI models have powered over 900 million SMS-based advisories for more than 600,000 farmers in Gujarat over the past year.