Baidu Deploys AI Tools to Aid Global Coronavirus Response
Scientific and medical communities are leveraging artificial intelligence to understand, track, and treat the Covid-19 outbreak. Baidu provides its Linearfold algorithm to help researchers analyze the virus's mutating RNA structure.
Global scientific and medical communities are leveraging artificial intelligence to understand and contain the Covid-19 outbreak. As the virus rapidly spreads to over 100 countries, public health organizations increasingly rely on advanced computing and data-analysis tools to guide prevention efforts and support treatment for infected patients.
Developing a vaccine presents a significant challenge because Covid-19 contains a single-strand RNA structure that mutates rapidly, similar to viruses like HIV and Ebola. To address this difficulty, Baidu offers its Linearfold algorithm to scientific and medical teams to accelerate the analysis of the virus's unpredictable structure.
This AI-based approach represents a major shift from the last major SARS outbreak in 2003, as emerging technologies now allow for faster information sharing and deeper understanding of infectious diseases. Government agencies and private companies worldwide continue to adopt these AI techniques to provide critical insights into the spread of the coronavirus and ultimately facilitate vaccine development.