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# The algorithm will see you now
- URL: https://www.redeyebr.com/the-algorithm-will-see-you-now/
- Published: 2026-08-17T02:52:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-17T02:52:35.000Z
- Description: With AI, Louisiana may accelerate its already aggressive strategy to get rid of hepatitis C.
- Author: Mukul Verma

OpenAI’s nonprofit arm has committed $100 million to using artificial intelligence for combating hepatitis C, with Louisiana among the first four states set to benefit.

**Why it matters:** One undeniable benefit of AI is its potential to improve public health. Companies are using the technology to accelerate scientific advances, from faster drug discovery to the creation of proteins that could help produce plastic alternatives.

**The details:**

- Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral infection that causes liver inflammation. It is curable, yet roughly 40 Americans die from it each day.
- The opportunity is enormous: Two-thirds of Americans living with the disease are not receiving treatment.

**Yes, but:** Louisiana has been aggressive in confronting the disease.

- Under former Gov. John Bel Edwards, the state adopted a subscription model that provided unrestricted access to hepatitis C medication for a fixed price.
- It worked. By 2023, more than 11,000 residents had received lifesaving medication, including more than 1,500 incarcerated people.

**What’s next:** Thousands of Louisianans remain untreated. A new alliance between the [OpenAI Foundation](https://openaifoundation.org/?ref=redeyebr.com) and [Common Health Coalition](https://www.commonhealthcoalition.org/?ref=redeyebr.com) wants to use AI to double hepatitis C cure rates over the next two years in eight states, beginning with Louisiana, Alabama, Illinois and Massachusetts.

**How it works:** OpenAI’s technology will help health care providers:

- Identify patients who missed appointments or fell out of care and reconnect them with needed services.
- Summarize medical records and handle routine administrative work, giving clinicians more time to focus on patients.
- Track trends across patient populations and identify where care is succeeding or falling short, allowing resources to be directed where they can make the greatest difference.

**The bigger picture:** If the project succeeds, the partners plan to target HIV and other manageable diseases. That could be especially important for Baton Rouge, which has one of the nation’s highest HIV rates.

**The bottom line:** Louisiana has already been aggressive and innovative in confronting hepatitis C. OpenAI and the Common Health Coalition could build on that work and help the state further reduce the toll of a curable disease.