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Beyond its common application as a predictor of consumer purchasing behavior, AI can be utilized to tackle poverty issues, improve agricultural efficiency, and increase access to information for otherwise disconnected populations. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are putting global satellite photographs into a complex algorithm to gauge economic activity.

An AI-powered robot chef created by the startup goodBytz can prepare up to eight dishes at once and up to 3,000 meals a day, virtually 24/7, ensuring hospital workers, patients and their families always have access to freshly cooked food.

As many struggle to access mental health care, AI-powered chatbots, called “psychobots,” are emerging as a response to limited access to traditional psychotherapy. While they may not be a replacement for human connection, these chatbots offer affordable, convenient and anonymous psychological support, using techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and advanced conversational AI algorithms to communicate.

Farmers are transitioning to precision agriculture to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The practice uses technology like artificial intelligence, satellite imagery, and soil probes to collect and analyze data so farmers know how to manage specific parts of their fields.

Several hospitals are beginning to use artificial intelligence, like Chat GPT’s medical assistant Suzanne, to make cardiovascular medicine more accurate and effective. AI can detect illnesses that are hard to see with the human eye, interpret test results and make diagnoses quicker and help doctors provide more effective treatment to patients. Since AI emerged in healthcare in 2018, the FDA has approved about 700 AI and machine learning-enabled medical devices.

Researchers and conservationists around the world are finding ways to help coral reefs grow quicker and survive the warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change. The Australian company Coral Maker is using artificial intelligence and robots to mass produce concrete skeletons for coral to grow on, and the Coral Restoration Foundation is growing coral on floating "trees."

HopSkipDrive is a transportation company with an artificial intelligence tool that helps schools across the United States optimize their bus routes around driver shortages. The company uses a combination of traditional bus rides and passenger cars operated by its drivers to improve on-time arrival rates and reduce absenteeism.

An artificial intelligence model called GraphCast uses historical weather data to find patterns and make predictions about extreme weather events like hurricanes faster and more accurately than the current best methods.

The Homelessness Prevention Unit of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services launched a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to make predictions about who is most likely to experience homelessness by tracking data like arrests, sign-ups for public benefits like food aid and emergency room visits so the county can step in to offer help before that happens. In over two years, the program has helped 560 people secure housing and avoid homelessness and a large majority of them have managed to maintain that housing.

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