BILL GATES-BACKED AI COMPETITION OFFERS $1M TO ACCELERATE ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH

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Bill Gates and the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative have launched a global competition that aims to accelerate Alzheimer's disease research using AI. The winning AI tool will be publicly available for researchers worldwide. AI has the potential to revolutionize the pace and scale of dementia research. Gates announced the initiative in November 2020, just months after his father died from the disease at age 94.