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Singapore is turning to AI to care for its rapidly aging population
The country has a dire shortage of nurses, so to fill the manpower gap, it’s using AI for preventive care.
Since Dexie arrived at The Salvation Army Peacehaven Jade Circle Arena two years ago, residents look forward to the robot leading their exercises, bingo, and sing-along sessions, Barbara Marie Nonis, an 83-year-old, told Rest of World. In October last year, seven health care and social sector partners introduced SoundKeepers, a three-year pilot program to develop an AI tool using voice biomarkers to detect early signs of depression among seniors. While American, Chinese, and Canadian startups have already developed voice biomarker technology to recognize depression, Lee said he hopes the project’s AI tool will detect SSD’s more subtle nuances in the country’s multilingual population.
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