“The White House held an hour-and-a-half-long phone call with the technology industry Wednesday to discuss how companies might use artificial intelligence and other innovations to aid agencies’ response to the coronavirus pandemic.”
“Spearheaded by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the 9 a.m. call saw U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios demonstrate a new database of full-text scientific publications on the new coronavirus to companies like Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft.”
“Having spoken with science advisors earlier in the day, federal officials want AI like natural language processing used on the vast corpus to mine the text for possible answers to questions like: How long does the virus last? Can it resurface? And what’s the best way to treat the virus?”
“… As K-12 and higher-education institutions consider tele-education during the pandemic, agencies requested the tech industry propose online tools for remote learning that make use of AI.”
“Social media companies Facebook and Twitter were also on the call to discuss combating coronavirus misinformation spreading on those platforms…”
“Agencies on the call included the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Surgeon General, National Institutes of Health, Department of Labor, State Department, Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Education.”
“The other industry representatives that participated were Cisco, the Consumer Technology Association, IBM, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Software & Information Industry Association, and TechNet…” Read the full article here.
Source: White House, tech industry discuss AI solutions to coronavirus pandemic on ‘initial’ call – By Dave Nyczepir, March 11, 2020. FedScoop.
