Gil Press, Contributor

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12 AI Milestones: 4. MYCIN, An Expert System For Infectious Disease Therapy

MYCIN was an AI program developed at Stanford University in the early 1970s, designed to assist physicians by recommending treatments for certain infectious diseases.

AI Gets Into The Fight With COVID-19

Recent surveys, studies, forecasts and other quantitative assessments of of AI highlight the role AI plays in fighting the Coronavirus, the business impact of AI, and what the American public feels about it.

Calling On AI And Quantum Computing To Fight The Coronavirus

Supercomputers and quantum computers crunching big data with AI algorithms are at the core of recent initiatives to overcome the Coronavirus and future pandemics.

Israeli Startups Join The Fight Against Coronavirus

Inside the coronavirus global outbreak, startup investors should stay calm, balanced, and focused.

Israel Applies AI To Healthcare, Building On Leadership In Cybersecurity, Digital Medical Records

The thriving digital health ecosystem in Israel is largely driven by the accumulation of over 20 years of digitized healthcare records and years of experience in the analysis of this unique data set.

BOL Pharma Grows In A Favorable Climate That Made Israel Leader Of $100B Medical Cannabis Market

Israel is leading the world in developing pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis products and BOL Pharma is the entrepreneurial poster-boy for the country’s long-held belief in the medical benefits of marijuana, resulting in a favorable academic, regula…

AI Startup Zebra Medical Vision Enlists Deep Learning To Save Lives

Zebra Medical Vision is helping doctors make the right decisions by developing deep learning algorithms for interpretation of medical images, working with data and research partners to train the algorithms and validate their efficacy, and integrating w…