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Congress Recognizes Telehealth as Critical to Access Substance Abuse Treatment - By Jennifer Esposito, Intel’s Worldwide General Manager, Health and Life Sciences Group Right now, the President has the tremendous opportunity to sign into law the Support for Patients and Communities Act, a comprehensive approach to fighting the opioids epidemic that is hurting so many American families. Contained in the legislation is a recognition of the...
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Innovation in healthcare can revolutionize patient outcomes - By Mário Romão, Health and Data Policy at Intel The statistics are sobering. More than 1 in 3 men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes. Efforts in science, medicine and public health have led to a decrease of the mortality rate in the US (1.8 percent and 1.4...
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Intel Participates in A Conversation about Ethical AI at the Brookings Institute - Last Friday, Intel’s Heather Patterson, PhD, a Senior Research Scientist in Intel Labs, participated in a panel dialogue hosted by the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institute. The conversation concerned ethical implications raised by artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the roles and responsibilities of industry and government in ensuring the responsible design, development,...
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House Takes Important Step in U.S. Quantum Computing Initiative - By Jim Clarke, Director of Quantum Hardware at Intel Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Quantum Initiative Act (NQIA) with bipartisan support. This legislation will allocate funding for public research in the emerging area of Quantum Computing, which has the potential to help solve some of our nation’s greatest challenges through exponential increases...
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NITI Aayog, TIFR and Intel Establish International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence - By Derek Waxman, Director, Public Policy, Artificial Intelligence and Client Computing NITI Aayog, Intel and TIFR collaborate to set up a model International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) aiming to solve major challenges in...
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U.S. Commission on AI Would Create a National Path Forward - By Cisco C. Minthorn, Director of Government Relations & Senior Counsel Artificial intelligence will revolutionize the world we live in. AI has the potential to enhance autonomous vehicle technology, improve medical diagnostics, streamline valuable data sets, strengthen speech recognition technology, increase operational efficiencies and change how countries protect themselves from external threats. And this is...
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Intel Looks to the Next 50 Years: Building the Future with Government and Industry Alike - By Greg R. Pearson, Global Policy Officer, Senior Vice President at Intel Last week we celebrated Intel’s 50th Anniversary. On July 18th, 50 years ago, Intel was founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore in Santa Clara, California. Over the next five decades, the company evolved from memory maker to CPU innovator, introduced a...
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Pushing the U.S. Forward in the Race to 5G - By Asha Keddy, vice president in the Technology, Systems Architecture & Client Group and general manager, Next Generation and Standards This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider spectrum reforms to advance 5G in the U.S. This is a critical step because the 3.7 - 4.2 GHz band in question is part of the...
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Addressing the Opioid Crisis with the Help of Technology - Note: This post is based on a discussion hosted by Jennifer Esposito, Intel's Worldwide General Manager, Health and Life Sciences Group, on June 12th, 2018, with ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services; David Barash, M.D., Executive Director, Global Health Portfolio and Chief Medical Officer at...
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Start the Clock: It’s the Final Countdown to the 5G Standard - By Reza Arefi, Director, Spectrum Strategy, Next Generation and Standards Group, Intel Corporation In the last weeks before the 5G Standalone (SA) New Radio (NR) global standard is finalized, the wireless industry stands on the brink of a massive technological transformation. 5G will take the industry beyond communications— bringing together wireless,...
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