Google’s New AI Model Can Diagnosze Respiratory Illnesses from a Cough Sound nextdigitalhealth.com

Google scientists have developed a revolutionary AI model that can diagnose diseases from coughing and breathing sounds.

Known as lth Acoustic Representations (HeAR), the tech giant introduced the bioacoustic foundation model this year to help researchers build AI tools capable of analyzing sound patterns to produce health insights critical for diagnosing various illnesses.

The HeAR model has been trained on vast data, including 300 million pieces of audio-based data drawn from a diverse and de-identified dataset and about 100 million cough sounds.