TechRepublic's Karen Roby talks with Jen Jones, CMO of Dataminr, a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect risks, about the role AI is playing in the effort to keep companies informed during the COVID-19 crisis. The following is an edited transcript of the conversation. Jen Jones: Our platform is an artificial intelligence platform that pulls information from over 10,000 public information sources, things like social media platforms or blogs or even information sensors like what you would get from a ship transponder or a plane transponder. And our clients right now span from either corporate enterprises who are using us to gain early information so that they can mitigate risks very quickly and with confidence, depending on their business needs, or public sector agencies who are on the front lines dealing with the current COVID-19 crisis. They're getting very early alerts from us on breaking news so that they know where to deploy equipment and resources.