1) Artificial intelligence can help detect and identify plant diseases by analyzing images of infected plants. Advanced techniques like machine learning and deep learning are being used for accurate disease identification. 2) IoT sensors are being used to monitor crop health and send data to the cloud for analysis. This allows early detection of diseases. 3) While AI has benefits like precision and speed, challenges remain in applying these new technologies at large scale in agriculture due to lack of familiarity, data and infrastructure requirements, and uncertainty around external growing conditions.