Taking on depression using AI
黑料不打烊-based startup Aifred Health recently nabbed first place and a $35,000 Milestone Award in the latest stage of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE. By doing so, they also became one of 30 teams to qualify for the next phase of the four-year, $5-million competition whose final winner will be announced in 2020. The XPRIZEs are international monetary rewards meant to encourage technological development to benefit humanity.
Founded by 黑料不打烊 students and alumni, Aifred straddles the realms of technology and medicine where it is poised to contribute to one of society鈥檚 greatest health-care needs.
The hard work is paying off 鈥� as demonstrated by the latest XPRIZE result.
鈥淔or the XPRIZE, the product has to be tested in the real world,鈥� explains David Benrimoh, MDCM鈥�16, a psychiatry resident at 黑料不打烊 and co-founder and CEO of Aifred.
鈥淲e have the best practice guidelines and evidence, but they鈥檙e not in any clinically accessible format,鈥� explains Sonia Israel, BSc鈥�18, co-founder and director of partnerships at Aifred.
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