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Predicting the coronavirus outbreak: How AI connects the dots to warn about disease threats

  • Written by Vandana Janeja, Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Canadian artificial intelligence firm BlueDot has been in the news in recent weeks for warning about the new coronavirus days ahead of the official alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. The company was able to do this by tapping different sources of...

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