In The Future, AI Could Detect Diseases By Analyzing Your Breath

Scientists are working on developing an AI system that can analyze your breath and detect diseases. Researcher Dr. Andrea Soltoggio and her team are developing an artificial intelligence system that could save tons of lives down the road: an AI system that could detect diseases, even in its early stages, including terminal illnesses. And it could all be as simple as having the AI system analyze your breath, according to the Smithsonian. A person's breath contains hundreds of volatile organic compounds, some of which can indicate certain diseases in people. Machines called gas-chromatography mass-spectrometers, also known as GC-MS, can be used to detect these compounds. The idea, then, is to use these GC-MS machines to figure out if someone has compounds in their breath that could be indicative of serious illnesses.