DOE Develops First Five Consortium to Improve Decision Making With AI; Nand Mulchandani, Cheryl Ingstad Quoted - Executive Gov

The Department of Energy's (DoE) Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO) has developed the First Five Consortium, which was formed in response to the White House Executive Forum focused on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response, the department reported on Tuesday. "AITO is proud to lead on getting near real-time information into the hands of our First Responders," said Cheryl Ingstad, director of AITO. "This will allow them to save more lives and protect assets and our nation's resources." DoE's First Five Consortium has been co-chaired with Microsoft Corporation, to unify industry, government, non-profit and academia to develop solutions that will improve the impact mitigation of natural disasters within the nation. Microsoft recently established a critical infrastructure team to help advance systems, services, and functions essential to the operation of society and the economy.