BENGALURU : IBM is offering its AI platform ‘Watson Assistant for Citizens’ free of cost for at least 90 days, which will provide reliable information on covid-19 related queries, it said Thursday.
With a flood of information requests from citizens, waiting time in many areas to receive answers can exceed two hours, the company said.
The platform that brings together Watson Assistant, Natural Language Processing, and AI search capabilities, that help in understanding and responding to common questions about coronavirus. “In these challenging times, it is critical to offer accurate information to all constituents and hence a clear opportunity to apply AI to quickly answer common questions at a very large scale.