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May 12, 2020

Extreme personalisation: could AI get us out of lockdown?

Big Tech-style prediction engines should be used to give people highly personalised health risk information as Covid-19 lockdowns are eased.


Maija Palmer

7 min read

Governments should be using artificial intelligence to create personalised advice for each person or household on how to live and work during coronavirus, according to a group of academics.

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Theos Evgeniou of INSEAD.
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David Hardoon of the UnionBank of the Philippines
David Hardoon of the UnionBank of the Philippines.
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Anton Ovchinnikov of Queen’s University and INSEAD.
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