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Stuck in eternal drought, UAE turns to AI to make it rain

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U.S.-led experts hold hope of harnessing artificial intelligence to wring more moisture out of often cloudless skies in the United Arab Emirates .

The wealthy Gulf state lies in one of the world's biggest deserts, with only about 100 millimeters ( 3.9 inches ) of annual rainfall.

Among the initiatives is an AI system to improve cloud seeding, the practice of using planes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to increase rain.

The UAE in 2017 started holding the rainfall forum, which has seen seven editions.

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