Heart Smart

But can AI perform… open heart surgery?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… not quite. But it could lend a helping hand! Sometimes blood flow is interrupted by a narrowing of the heart’s main valve. It’s called Aortic stenosis. The fix? A tiny replacement

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Super Baby Monitor

A monitor for… the baby monitor?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Raising kids is a science – one that we need more data on. Enter Zhenzhen Weng and team at Stanford. They created HARMONI, an A-I tool that watches videos to study how kids and

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Smarter Cancer Predictions

Can AI tell if you have cancer? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. If only cancer came with warning labels! Even for doctors, tumors can be misleading, like with Merkel cell carcinoma – a skin cancer. What about letting A-I take a look? Enter DeepMerkel,

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Artificial Emotional Intelligence

Your therapist doesn’t get you? Maybe try one named HAL… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Dariya Ovsyannikova and team from the University of Toronto put ChatGPT in the psychoanalyst’s chair! Human study participants first read either a negative or positive emotional prompt. Then they

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AI in ASL

Look out! It’s the A-Team: A-I and A-S-L! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sign language combines hand and body movements with facial expressions to communicate. Translator apps and software have to work very differently for this visual language. PLUS, sign language is not universal;

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A-I Shopping Buddy

Hey Siri – want to go shopping? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I can always use a second opinion at the mall! But if I need a top to go with the pants I bought online? No worries! Artificial intelligence offers up the PERFECT

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ChatMD

Chat GPT? More like Chat MD!   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   Seeing patients, analyzing test results, writing reports – doctors are busy! Could artificial intelligence websites like Chat GPT help lighten the load?   Enter John Ayers from the University of San

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A-I Shopping Buddy

Hey Siri – want to go shopping? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. I can always use a second opinion at the mall! But if I need a top to go with the pants I bought online? No worries! Artificial intelligence offers up the PERFECT

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Smart Cough

Hand holding an smartphone

Ring ring! It’s your health care calling! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Thanks to telehealth, you can now get a diagnosis in your PJs — IF your phone is nearby! But what about a COVID test? Could you screen for infections from the comfort

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