Given everything you’ve already heard about AI, you may not be surprised to learn that Google is among other outfits beginning to use sound signals to predict early signs of disease.
How? According to Bloomberg, Google has trained its foundation AI model with 300 million pieces of audio that included coughs, sniffles, and labored breathing, to identify, for example, someone battling tuberculosis.
Now, it has teamed up with an Indian company – Salcit Technologies, a respiratory healthcare AI startup — to tuck that tech into smartphones where it can potentially help high-risk populations in geographies with poor access to healthcare.
It’s not Google’s first foray into trying to digitize human senses. Its venture arm has also backed at least one startup that’s using AI in an attempt to sniff out disease, literally.
Given everything you’ve already heard about AI, you may not be surprised to learn that Google is among other outfits beginning to use sound signals to predict early signs of…
Nvidia and Apple are reportedly in talks to contribute to OpenAI’s next fundraising round — a round that could value the ChatGPT maker at $100 billion. Per its sources, the…
Agrim has raised $17.3 million to expand its B2B agri-inputs platform to more manufacturers and retailers in India.
Intuitive Machines, the venture-backed startup that went public last year, will send a moon lander to the lunar south pole in 2027 as part of a $116.9 million contract awarded…
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Atlassian plans to integrate Rewatch into its recently launched Rovo AI platform so that transcripts become searchable within the overall business context.
Sub.club thinks premium feeds could also serve other use cases, like supporting helpful bots or generating funds to help maintain a community’s Mastodon server, for instance.
Gmail users on Android devices can now chat directly with Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, about their emails in the Gmail app. Google rolled out the new feature, Gmail Q&A, on…
It seems that the Ministry of Truth has been busy at Tesla. Some sharp-eyed folks, including reporters at Electrek, noticed that Tesla has deleted all of its blog posts prior…
When streaming to connected devices via Spotify Connect on iOS, users were previously able to use the physical buttons on their iPhone to adjust the volume. But this will no…
Magic, an AI startup creating models to generate code and automate a range of software development tasks, has raised a large tranche of cash from investors, including ex-Google CEO Eric…
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Ahead of the NFL and college football (NCAAF) seasons, Apple announced updates for its sports-focused app, including Live Activities for all leagues, a new “dynamic drive tracker” that visualizes where…
One of the people who successfully sued the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to change real estate commissions has co-founded a new real estate startup. It all began in 2017…
X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, is marking some links to news organization NPR’s website as “unsafe” when users click through to read the latest story about…
Apple is likely to unveil its iPhone 16 series of phones and maybe even some Apple Watches at its Glowtime event on September 9.
Codeium, a startup developing an AI-powered tool to rival GitHub Copilot, has raised $150 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.
Seattle’s Airport is still largely offline, causing chaos among travelers and acting as a standing warning against taking cybersecurity lightly.
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Meta is now letting preteens with parent-managed accounts explore different experiences in its online virtual reality (VR) platform, Horizon Worlds, with certain restrictions in place. The company announced that parents…
Intel has found its first — and perhaps only — cloud customer for its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator chips: IBM Cloud.
Google said the findings were an example of how exploits developed by spyware makers can end up in the hands of “dangerous threat actors.”
Butterflies AI, the new social network where humans and AIs interact with each other, is launching a new Clones feature that turns you into an AI character. This latest addition…
Uber is making a strategic investment into Wayve as an extension of the U.K.-born startup’s previously announced $1.05 billion Series C round. The partnership will also see the two companies…
After spending four days in police custody, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was put under formal investigation in France on Thursday for a wide range…
Reliance Industries, India’s largest company by market capitalization, is not sitting out the AI frenzy that has gripped the tech world.
Durex India has exposed customers’ personal information, including full names, email and postal addresses, and order details.
Apple has added yet more AI features in its latest developer betas for iOS 18.1, and this time we’re getting the ability to remove objects from photos.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is getting back into the secondaries game. The Silicon Valley-based VC raised more than $468 million for NEA Secondary Opportunity Fund, according to an SEC filing.…
