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May 12, 2020
The Filipino Department of Health (DOH), Senti AI, and Google have combined their powers to fight COVID-19. Infochat reports on the development in the article, “DOH Partners With Google To Unify COVID-19 Communications Nationwide Using Artificial Intelligence.” The Filipino Department of Health wants to use Google and Senti AIs’ advanced technology to centralize communications related to COVID-19 so all information is consistent and updated. The plan is to use Senti AI’s AI-enhanced knowledge management tool that uses Google technologies.
The DOH has partnered with other communication organizations before, but COVID-19 information is constantly changing. The lack of a centralized communication systems increases information delays or different versions. Consistency, frequency, and rapidly are the DOH’s main goals with the Senti AI and Google partnership.
The new communication management tool will contain COVID-19 FAQs, latest government guidelines, and public and health worker inquiries. The tool will also simplify the information search and allow the DOH to update/modify contents.
“‘The DOH hopes that this effort can mitigate the spread of fake news by providing a reliable and verified source of information that can be accessed by all citizens,’ said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario S. Vergeire. ‘Now more than ever, it’s crucial that all Filipinos act as one to overcome these difficult times. We need to be quick, focused, and united in the way we work together because there is no room for miscommunication and delay when lives are at stake. This is why it’s a very big honor for us to serve our country through this technology,’ said Ralph Regalado, CEO of Senti AI.”
Unfortunately the COVID-19 communications tool is only being developed for the Philippines. With all the news outlets and technology, could the US make use of this system?
Whitney Grace, May 12, 2020
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