WSJ Smartphones already know a lot about us, but now some researchers are betting the devices can also be trained to detect whether we are infected with the new coronavirus—just by listening.
Several teams of artificial-intelligence researchers are working toward systems that could help spot the disease through people’s breathing, coughing and speech. They are collecting thousands of sound samples from people who have contracted Covid-19 on the hope that the signature respiratory problems that make the infections so dangerous…
