Yet large amounts of clinical data may not be sufficient for use in AI because little data is labeled, and it is not always apparent whether data represent healthy patients or sick patients without human guidance. One priority is thus to develop new, efficient methods of capturing human expertise so that machines can understand the contexts that may not be well represented in the available data. That is crucial for applying AI to health care, but also important for equipment maintenance in the military, which is seeing retirements of an entire generation of veteran maintainers.

The U.S. Army has awarded Microsoft Corp a $479.2 million contract to supply prototypes for the Army's augmented reality systems helping soldiers in training and combat missions. It follow a major revolt from some employees who do want the the firm to work on military technology. 'Augmented reality technology will provide troops with more and better information to make decisions,' a Microsoft spokesperson said. The U.S. Army has awarded Microsoft Corp a $479.2 million contract to supply prototypes for the Army's augmented reality systems helping soldiers in training and combat missions. 'This new work extends our longstanding, trusted relationship with the DoD to this new area.'