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AI can detect asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in recorded coughs – World Economic Forum
The technology accurately identified 98.5% of coughs from people who were confirmed to have COVID-19 – and 100% of coughs from asymptomatics.
- Artifical intelligence is being used to distinguish between asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and healthy individuals, based on their cough.
- Of the 200,000 samples provided, the model identified 98.5% of coughs from people confirmed to have COVID-19 – including 100% of asymptomatics.
- Researchers are working on an app, incorporating the model, which could be a prescreening tool to identify people who are likely to be asymptomatic.
Asymptomatic people who are infected with Covid-19 exhibit, by definition,…
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