An MIT AI reporter considers the COVID-countering volunteerism of, among others, the founder of a machine-learning startup. He entered the fray when he saw that his parents weren’t getting it about the need to practice social distancing.

The COVID-19 crisis is inspiring all manner of loudly touted innovations aimed at leveraging AI to beat back, stamp out or otherwise contain the pandemic. Some watchers aren’t convinced the efforts are worthy of the attention they’re getting.

Researchers from West Virginia University have launched a new study aimed at identifying healthcare workers infected with the new coronavirus before they become symptomatic.

The trio’s platform is designed to help healthcare providers quickly find out where their locality stands on things like ventilator utilization, testing results ICU bed availability and COVID patient discharges.

Jefferson Health, the 14-hospital system serving the Philadelphia area, is using a new conversational chatbot to take questions from members of the community looking for information on COVID-19.

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville in Florida is relieving overstretched hospital workers by toting medical supplies, including COVID-19 tests, in driverless shuttles.

Want to see AI in healthcare? Look anywhere. Want to see AI underperforming in healthcare? The same directive applies.

The multihospital Baptist Health system is responding to the national shortage of N95 masks by sanitizing its existing supply for safe reuse. And it’s delegated the task to non-humans.