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Here’s how AI can help, and is already helping, Canada fight COVID-19
By Aidan Chamandy March 25, 2020
The federal government has already announced nearly $2-million in artificial intelligence funding to fight COVID-19.
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry Navdeep Bains speaks with reporters after the Liberal cabinet meeting at West Block in Ottawa on Jan. 28. AI projects are part of a $275-million effort to enlist industry and the research community in the fight against COVID-19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The federal government has signed a contract with BlueDot, a Toronto-based digital health firm that was vaunted for its early identification of the COVID-19 outbreak, to track the spread of the virus, the latest tool in the artificial intelligence toolbox being deployed against the public health crisis.
Aidan ChamandyAidan Chamandy is a reporter covering federal policy and parties for The Hill Times.
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