Tag: Pandemic

Source: Inc42 as of 06-06-2020 AI-optimised techniques allowed scientists in China to recreate the novel coronavirus’ genome sequence in just one month  The number of healthcare workers infected with the novel coronavirus also continues to rise every day AI-enabled technologies are capable…

Source: Social Europe as of 05-06-2020 The coronavirus crisis demands a regulatory framework for the application of AI to protect public health without jeopardising human rights. Our world has been shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic, pushing policy-makers to scramble for solutions. And even though…

Source: Analytics India Magazine as of 21-05-2020 By supplementing human efforts when it comes to interpreting the outcome and incorporating it to make appropriate decisions, it can play a critical role in preventing outbreaks or identifying potential hotspots. What is more, allowing AI to…

Source: MIT Technology Review as of 15-05-2020 IBM’s and Google’s platforms work in similar ways. They make it easy for clients to spin up chat or voice-based agents that act a lot like Alexa or Siri but are tailored to different applications. When users…

Source: InformationWeek as of 12-05-2020 In the first real test of AI in a crisis, the results are mixed. While many individual applications are helping, the tech remains immature and unable to address complex public policy issues.  One common belief about AI is that…

Source: Khaleej Times as of 02-05-2020 dubai — Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have proven to be a key factor in helping residents and businesses across the UAE adapt to the new reality of functioning during a pandemic, with experts noting that the rate of…

Source: The Citizen (Gauteng) as of 27-03-2020 Artificial intelligence (AI) systems picked up early clues about the coronavirus outbreak by scanning news and social media posts. On 30 December, AI systems detected the spread of an unusual flu-like illness in Wuhan, China. It would be days…