AI democratizes monsoon forecasting

Open‑source AI weather models (e.g., Google’s NeuralGCM, ECMWF systems) paired with historical rainfall data let India send granular monsoon forecasts to 38 million smallholder farmers. Cheap compute and SMS‑scale delivery replace $100M supercomputers, making high‑resolution forecasting accessible in poor regions. Early randomized trials suggest forecast alerts yield large benefit‑cost ratios for agriculture and risk reduction. — This shows AI can deliver mass, low‑cost climate adaptation and food‑security gains now, not just future mitigation, reshaping development and disaster policy.