Nations looking to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptakes while stomping our misinformation are turning to AI to achieve just that.
Kazakhstan is leading the way, with news the nation has enlisted the help of chatbots to reduce fake news regarding the vaccine as it takes it first steps toward countrywide inoculation.
Yerkebek Argymbayev, president of the Red Crescent Society of Kazakhstan, said: "Creating a chatbot is an opportunity to keep up with the times.
"With this bot people will be able to learn what they are interested in; from the myths associated with the coronavirus and vaccines, to the opportunity to enrol in first aid courses."
This comes after just a quarter of the nation said they would actually have the vaccine to protect themselves against the virus. This is compared with 75% of Britons and 56% of Americans, according to data from the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.
Findings prompted the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to launch the new tech tool to tackle the issue.