Researchers are working on machine learning systems to identify COVID-19 cases by the sounds of a person’s cough. One system has demonstrated a high success rate in detecting COVID-19 in people with no physical signs of the disease. Such a tool could be important in the fight against COVID-19, which can be spread by people who do not even know they are infected. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, recently published a paper reporting results of the system. The team created an artificial intelligence (AI) model to examine the sounds of people who produced a forced cough. The sounds were collected from people who recorded them on computers or mobile devices.
Title: AI Aims to Identify COVID-19 by Sounds of a Cough
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data-end-time='40688'>Such a tool could be important in the fight against COVID-19, which can be spread by people who do not even know they are infected.</span> <span data-start-time='40688' data-end-time='54604'>Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, recently published a paper reporting results of the system.</span> <span data-start-time='54604' data-end-time='66500'>The team created an artificial intelligence (AI) model to examine the sounds of people who produced a forced cough.</span> <span data-start-time='66500' data-end-time='75542'>The sounds were collected from people who recorded them on computers or mobile devices.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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