Now, AI can detect heart attacks over a phone call

A Danish software company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) programme that can detect heart attacks, according to a report in Bloomberg. The report said that the Corti SA's AI employs machine learning based on neural networks to analyse the words used in a panic call describing the incident, the tone of voice, and background noises. It then issues an alert about the likelihood of a heart attack. The software accurately detected cardiac arrests in 93% of cases versus 73% for human dispatchers, according to a study by the University of Copenhagen, the Danish National Institute of Public Health, and Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services. In addition, the software was able to make a decision in 48 seconds on an average, more than half a minute faster than humans.