The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) Media Lab 's Open Agriculture Initiative , or AI , is using artificial intelligence ( AI ) for indoor farming . Italian confectioner and Nutella maker Ferrero is working with OpenAg to create a " hazelnut computer " , an indoor farm where 16 trees are maturing in an environment where all variables such as sunlight , temperature and humidity are controlled by AI . Once OpenAg deduces the ideal location for growing hazelnuts , Ferrero will use the data to search for new places to farm around the world . In 2016, Ferrero joined the MIT Media Lab’s Open Agriculture Initiative, or OpenAg, which studies how to grow food in a world of rising temperatures, wildfires, droughts, war and occasional nuclear meltdowns. David Harper , director of OpenAg , described the project as " seed prospecting " .
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) Media Lab 's Open Agriculture Initiative , or AI , is using artificial intelligence ( AI ) for indoor farming . Italian confectioner and Nutella maker Ferrero is working with OpenAg to create a " hazelnut computer " , an indoor farm where 16 trees are maturing in an environment where all variables such as sunlight , temperature and humidity are controlled by AI . Once OpenAg deduces the ideal location for growing hazelnuts , Ferrero will use the data to search for new places to farm around the world . David Harper , director of OpenAg , described the project as " seed prospecting " .