In the midst of this unprecedented pandemic, it is our responsibility as tech leaders to mobilise our remote resources & leverage our skills in a manner that best contributes to society.

COVID-19 has everyone looking for answers, straining businesses, government agencies and healthcare organizations. To help address situations around COVID-19, IBM is offering Watson Assistant at no charge for at least 90 days. It is trained to understand and respond to common COVID-19 questions directly leveraging U.S. CDC guidance and can be easily integrated into existing web or phone channels.

Watson Assistant is a conversational AI platform that provides an engaging experience for users to solve their most complex issues. Currently in use around the world, from the City of Austin to the Polish Ministry of Health, Watson Assistant can be tailored to any industry or use case, and can be up and running in as little as 24 hours. IBM is offering Watson Assistant pretrained with COVID-19 questions via the IBM Cloud, and will assist with initial setup.

Presented by Ahmad El Sayed (Chief Data Scientist-Watson AI-IBM ME) and Satyajit (SME-Watson AI-Veracitiz) — it dealt with how IBM and we, as Veracitiz, can help businesses provide quick and reliable answers to COVID-19 relations issues.