How artificial intelligence is helping the fight against coronavirus – The National

How artificial intelligence is helping the fight against coronavirus – The National

How artificial intelligence is helping the fight against coronavirus. The technology is providing data on local infection sites, hospital waiting times, availability of masks and other useful information. SoftBank-backed AI company Automation Anywhere is offering free healthcare bots to help the industry manage increased workloads due to the coronavirus outbreak.. Collaborating with one of its technology partners in Macau, Automation Anywhere has developed a global positioning system-enabled dashboard that shows local statistics, sites of infection, hospital waiting times, local availability of masks and other useful information which is updated every few minutes.. The company has witnessed a spike in calls from patients since the coronavirus outbreak.. Telemedicine can also help with at-home testing for coronavirus.. The technology, which has been used by millions in China, was first developed by Chinese technology firm Innovita and was approved by a local health regulator.. Scanwell said customers can use the proposed equipment under the guidance of medical professionals through a telemedicine service, with the results available within a few hours.. "For the time being, Everlywell's Covid-19 test will only be available to qualifying hospitals and healthcare companies who can commit to providing the test for free to healthcare workers and high-risk, symptomatic