What is S.A.R.A.H.?

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About S.A.R.A.H.:

Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health (S.A.R.A.H.) is a digital health promoter prototype with enhanced empathetic response powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI).
It is launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It aims to provide an additional tool for people to realize their rights to health, wherever they are.
Features:
- It is trained to provide information across major health topics, including healthy habits and mental health
- It has the ability to support people in developing better understanding of risk factors for some of the leading causes of death in the world, including cancer, heart disease
- It can help people access up-to-date information on quitting tobacco, being active, eating a healthy diet and de-stressing among other things.
- It can engage users 24 hours a day in 8 languages on multiple health topics, on any device. It is now powered by generative AI rather than a pre-set algorithm or script helping her to provide more accurate responses in real-time.

Q1: What is Generative AI?

It refers to deep-learning models that can take raw data and “learn” to generate statistically probable outputs when prompted. It is powered by foundation models (large AI models) that can multi-task and perform out-of-the-box tasks, including summarization, Q&A, classification, and more.

Source : WHO launches gen-AI powered digital health promoter S.A.R.A.H. for public health