Could Artificial Intelligence Help Detect Rare Diseases Just By Looking At Faces?

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Could artificial intelligence help doctors diagnose diseases just by looking at faces? When you hear facial recognition you probably think about crime fighting or Homeland Security screening for terrorists. It turns out a person's face can tell a lot about their genetic makeup and the medical conditions it may cause, and a computer can learn to read those differences, CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reported. "We've learned, surprisingly, that many thousands of genetic rare diseases have a unique facial appearances," Dekel Gelbman told Gomez. Gelbman is the CEO of artificial intelligence company FDNA.