{"id":33151,"date":"2020-02-10T02:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=33151"},"modified":"2020-02-10T02:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T07:37:00","slug":"coronavirus-can-ai-artificial-intelligence-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/10\/coronavirus-can-ai-artificial-intelligence-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Can AI (Artificial Intelligence) Make A Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tomtaulli\/\">Tom Taulli<\/a> &#8211; The mysterious coronavirus is spreading at an alarming rate.\u00a0There have been at least 305 deaths as more than 14,300 persons have been infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cyberconservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MERS-cytoplasm.jpg?resize=150%2C140\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33152\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a global emergency.&nbsp;To put things into perspective, it has already exceeded the numbers infected during the 2002-2003 outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many countries are working hard to quell the virus.&nbsp;There have been quarantines, lock-downs on major cities, limits on travel and accelerated research on vaccine development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, could technologies like <strong>AI <\/strong>(Artificial Intelligence) help out?\u00a0Well, interestingly enough, it already has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just look at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bluedot.global\/\" target=\"_blank\">BlueDot<\/a>, which is a venture-backed startup.\u00a0The company has built a sophisticated <strong>AI <\/strong>platform that processes billions of pieces data, such as from the world\u2019s air travel network, to identity outbreaks.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?rct=j&amp;sa=t&amp;url=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tomtaulli\/2020\/02\/02\/coronavirus-can-ai-artificial-intelligence-make-a-difference\/&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=CAEYACoSNzEyMDIxNzE4MDcwODU2ODEyMho0NzdlMmU1MTZlZjFkNDc5OmNvbTplbjpVUw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbAM5LBeqFA54Vi6pMU8Gicf6VFQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" align=\"right\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=cyberconservi-20&#038;language=en_US&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B07PDNRSWB&#038;asins=B07PDNRSWB&#038;linkId=981ef328392c4b354d4adc23ecda8077&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tom Taulli &#8211; The mysterious coronavirus is spreading at an alarming rate.\u00a0There have been at least 305 deaths as more than 14,300 persons have been infected. On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a global emergency.&nbsp;To <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/10\/coronavirus-can-ai-artificial-intelligence-make-a-difference\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[638],"tags":[639],"class_list":["post-33151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai","tag-ai"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33231,"url":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/23\/ai-vs-coronavirus-how-artificial-intelligence-is-now-helping-in-the-fight-against-covid-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":33151,"position":0},"title":"AI vs. Coronavirus: How artificial intelligence is now helping in the fight against COVID-19","author":"Rick Backus","date":"March 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"BY\u00a0TODD BISHOP - Artificial intelligence often raises concerns about privacy, bias and trickery in areas such as facial recognition and deep fake videos. 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