Google promises AI that spots hidden diseases you have by listening to phone mic as fans brand it ‘incredibly awesome’ [Video]

GOOGLE is developing software that can identify early signs of a disease – all you have to do is cough into your phone mic.

The tech behemoth is no stranger to the development of artificial intelligence. If anything, Google is aggressively pushing to integrate AI into existing services from video conferencing to email.

Google’s Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) model – an AI system trained on 300 million audio clips – could pave the way for quicker diagnoses of lung and chest illnessCredit: Getty

Now the company is taking a different approach. In an August 19 blog post, Google research director of engineering Shravya Shetty teased the company’s latest AI model.

“From cough to speech and even breath, the sounds our bodies make are filled with information about our health,” the post read.

“As researchers at Google, we recognize the potential of sound as a useful healthsignal, and also that smartphone microphones are …