Before the world could get a complete sense of the havoc that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause, Cognizant preemptively partnered with XPRIZE to launch a pandemic response challenge, by inviting the world\u2019s greatest AI minds to find innovative ways to reopen societies and restart economies, using an AI model capable of generating data-driven, actionable plans.\n \nIn this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Amir Banifatemi of Xprize and Babak Hodjat of Cognizant on a new XPRIZE Challenge which is designed to develop AI driven insights and solutions to help government officials make better policy decisions around closures and re-opening efforts in response to COVID-19. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.\n\nThe content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton\u2019s podcast episode titled \u2018Xprize and Cognizant Team Up to Address Covid with AI\u2019 that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.