In the first year of the pandemic, science happened at light speed. More than 100,000 papers were published on COVID in those first 12 months -- an unprecedented human effort that produced an unprecedented deluge of new information

According to Analytics Insight, artificial intelligence is playing a key role in gene sequencing. 

Next-generation sequencing has greatly improved genomics studies by sequencing a gene in a short time. As a result, the machine learning approach is being used to discover gene coding areas in a genome. 

AI is used to identify sex pests on trains, reports Daily Mail.

It will mean staff do not need to sit through hours of footage but will instead be alerted to any potential incidents.