Given everything you've heard about AI, you might not be surprised to learn that Google is one of several other companies that are starting to use voice signals to predict early signs of disease.
How? According to Bloomberg, Google trained one of its underlying AI models using 300 million audio samples of coughs, runny noses, and labored breathing to identify people battling tuberculosis, for example.
Now the company is partnering with Indian respiratory healthcare AI startup Salcit Technologies to embed its technology into smartphones to help high-risk populations in areas with limited access to healthcare.
This isn't Google's first attempt to digitize human senses: the company's venture arm has also funded at least one startup that is trying to use AI to literally sniff out disease.