Australia’s governmental research arm — the Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) — is looking to artificial intelligence to help solve some of the big systemic problems facing the nation. Fueled by a need to invest in science in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CSIRO plans to invest in data modeling and AI through an initiative it calls ‘Team Australia.’ To tackle environmental problems, CSIRO is partnering with Microsoft to implement machine learning techniques that can prevent waterways and oceans from being polluted.