Pentagon is using AI to predict where panic buying will strike in the US

Panic buying has taken hold of many Americans who are stocking up on supplies and leaving shelves empty during the coronavirus. Now, the Pentagon is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to help predict and address shortages of water, medicines, food, medical supplies and other essentials across the country. The predictive model pulls data from the Census Bureau, Medicare, hospitals and projects how the virus is spreading, along with a number of essential items at retailers to determine where scarcities may occur. Military groups can then use this information to move essential items to specific locations, while retailers can look at the data to predictively restock their shelves. Panic buying has taken hold of many Americans who are stocking up on supplies and leaving shelves empty during the coronavirus.