COVID-19 and beyond: leveraging artificial intelligence for enhanced outbreak control

Faiza Farhat; Shahab Saquib Sohail; Mohammed Talha Alam; Syed Ubaid; Shakil; Mohd Ashhad; Dag Øivind Madsen

doi:10.3389/frai.2023.1266560

COVID-19 and beyond: leveraging artificial intelligence for enhanced outbreak control

Front Artif Intell. 2023 Nov 8:6:1266560. doi: 10.3389/frai.2023.1266560. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Faiza Farhat¹, Shahab Saquib Sohail², Mohammed Talha Alam², Syed Ubaid³, Shakil³, Mohd Ashhad², Dag Øivind Madsen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
² Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
³ Faculty of Electronic and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ USN School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway, Hønefoss, Norway.

Abstract

COVID-19 has brought significant changes to our political, social, and technological landscape. This paper explores the emergence and global spread of the disease and focuses on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in containing its transmission. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no scientific presentation of the early pictorial representation of the disease's spread. Additionally, we outline various domains where AI has made a significant impact during the pandemic. Our methodology involves searching relevant articles on COVID-19 and AI in leading databases such as PubMed and Scopus to identify the ways AI has addressed pandemic-related challenges and its potential for further assistance. While research suggests that AI has not fully realized its potential against COVID-19, likely due to data quality and diversity limitations, we review and identify key areas where AI has been crucial in preparing the fight against any sudden outbreak of the pandemic. We also propose ways to maximize the utilization of AI's capabilities in this regard.

Keywords: COVID-19; ChatGPT; Monkeypox; artificial intelligence; novel coronavirus.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The publishing charges were funded by the University of South-Eastern Norway.