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Tag Archives: artificial intelligence
Could AI Help Create New Medicines?
Developing and bringing a new drug to market is a lengthy and expensive process. Only about 1 in 10,000 chemical compounds that are tested makes it through the research and development pipeline and is approved by the FDA. This process … Continue reading
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February 6, 2020
Tagged artificial intelligence, Clinical trials, Drug testing, drugs, Federal regulations, Food and Drug Administration, Health research, Medical research, new drugs, Pharmacological research, prescription drugs, research and development, Science Technology Assessment and Analytics, STAA, Tim Persons
Our Innovation Lab: Building a Sandbox for Audit Tech
As our world becomes increasingly digitized, being able to quickly make sense of patterns, correlations, and behaviors from huge amounts of data is vital. This is especially true for federal agencies and the audit community. As Taka Ariga, GAO’s first … Continue reading
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October 29, 2019
Tagged advanced technology, artificial intelligence, Auditing procedures, audits, emerging technologies, improper payments, Medicare payments, Science and Technology, Science Technology Assessment and Analytics, STAA, Taka Ariga, Technological innovations, Technology research, Tim Persons
Artificial Intelligence: Still a Long Way from Judgment Day
The 1991 sci-fi film Terminator 2 predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) software known as Skynet would become self-aware on August 29, 1997, and rapidly take over the world. Today, even as we celebrate avoiding such an extreme outcome for 22 … Continue reading
