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A remarkable study wherein artificial intelligence was used to comb through thousands of satellite images in search of mysterious rings of vegetation known as fairy circles has revealed that the enigmatic phenomenon seems to be far more widespread than previously thought. The curious formations were originally believed to be found only in Africa's Namib Desert until scientists discovered a patch of the rings in a particularly arid part of Australia. Wondering if these peculiar rings could also appear elsewhere in the world, researchers reportedly developed an AI model which recognizes fairy circles based on known pictures of the phenomenon and then set the technology loose on a slew of satellite images to see what it might uncover.
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