Artificial intelligence and sexual health in the USA

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that one in five people in the USA had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in 2018.1 Although widespread and a substantial threat to the health of the US population, STIs have not received the attention required to prevent continued transmission.2 Despite rising rates of STIs over the past decade, CDC funding for STI prevention has not changed, and, when accounting for inflation, has reduced by 40% between 2003 and 2020.2 We are members of the Committee on the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).