How people are using AI to detect and fight the coronavirus

The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is a fluid situation changing by the day, and even by the hour. The growing worldwide public health emergency is threatening lives, but it's also impacting businesses and disrupting travel around the world. The OECD warns that coronavirus could cut global economic growth in half, and the Federal Reserve will cut the federal interest rates following the worst week for the stock market since 2008. Just how the COVID-19 coronavirus will affect the way we live and work is unclear because it's a novel disease spreading around the world for the first time, but it appears that AI may help fight the virus and its economic impact. A World Health Organization report released last month said that AI and big data are a key part of the response to the disease in China.