Alphabet releases Mineral, pursues funds for other X lab moonshots: report

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Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) is moving on from Mineral, an agricultural artificial intelligence company incubated in the mega tech firm’s moonshot factory called X, according to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday.

Mineral developed AI-powered robots that scan farmers’ fields, providing them insights into