Is the current artificial intelligence trustworthy enough to effectively help us battle Covid-19, reports the World Economic Forum. 

Imagine a hypothetical scenario: a head of state meets with the founders of a health-tech startup that claims to have designed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered application that can predict which COVID-19 patients are more at risk of developing severe respiratory diseases. The stakes are high from both a health and an economic perspective. 

Johns Hopkins Engineering has launched one of the first fully online artificial intelligence (AI) master’s and certificate programs in the nation. Offered through the Whiting School of Engineering’s Engineering for Professionals program, the new program’s advanced curriculum comprehensively addresses all aspects of artificial intelligence, preparing practicing scientists and engineers to design and create the essential AI-driven technology of the future.

According to the Jerusalem Post, researchers at Bar-Ilan University are working on a way to speed up machine learning.

The concept of artificial intelligence started developing decades ago from the idea of giving machines a “human brain.” The connection between them was crucial, but only on a philosophical level as computers became more advanced and very little of their way of functioning could be seen as mirroring a human mind.