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Fortune
Erin Prater

Scientists are using AI to forecast the future of COVID—and, potentially, to predict the next pandemic

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There’s a growing number of AI tools tackling the world’s problems—and pandemics, it appears, is one of the latest to get a digital assist.

A new AI system named EVEscape can predict alterations likely to occur to viruses as they evolve—potentially forecasting the next concerning COVID variants and mutations, as well as changes to other viruses like the flu and HIV.

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