App detects coronavirus by cough

New MIT app detects coronavirus by listening to your cough. 98.5% accurate.

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Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system which they claim can detect coronavirus by analysing the sound of people coughing.

Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said the AI works because the virus causes temporary muscular impairment which can cause small differences to people’s speech or the sound of their cough – even if they have no other symptoms.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/11/02/ai-can-detect-have-coronavirus-listening-sound-cough/

 

 

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** This post was originally published on November 2, 2020 **