5G innovation lab opens to support AI development, edge computing, more

AI in Healthcare May 19, 2020
Dave Pearson

A virtual idea-sharing lab with global reach and backing from three U.S. tech giants has officially launched from Seattle.

The lab’s leaders are pledging to support innovators in various industries—including healthcare—who will have a hand in the rise of 5G technology.

Called the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab), the group announced its inaugural program May 19 with an end date of July 17. This will bring together startup founders and a cohort of up-and-running 5G companies, all focused on leveraging 5G technology to develop applications for AI, edge computing and other uses.

The lab itself has as its founding partners Intel, NASA and T-Mobile. For the first project and then going forward, they and fellow lab leaders...

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