AI can detect COVID-19 by listening to your coughs

It's easy to be worried when you cough these days -- is it COVID-19, or are you just clearing your throat? You might get a clearer answer soon. MIT researchers have developed AI that can recognize forced coughing from people who have COVID-19, even if they're otherwise asymptomatic. The trick was to develop a slew of neural networks that can distinguish subtle changes indicative of the novel coronavirus' effects. One neural network detects sounds associated with vocal strength.