Jonathan Vanian writes, “I’m cautiously optimistic about artificial intelligence’s role in helping manage the coronavirus pandemic.

“Google’s DeepMind unit, for example, is investigating deep-learning techniques for modeling the structure of the virus’ proteins, which could be useful in developing a vaccine. Meanwhile, the White House has asked researchers to develop machine-learning techniques to quickly analyze nearly 30,000 coronavirus-related studies to better understand the deadly virus.”

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