An Inventor of Apple's FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain's Health With AI
Gidi Littwin, a co-inventor of Apple's Face ID, has launched an AI startup called Hemispheric that uses artificial intelligence to analyze brain scans and detect conditions such as depression, PTSD, and Parkinson's disease. The company's goal is to make this kind of neurological diagnostics widely accessible and affordable.
Why this matters: Brain scans that flag depression or PTSD are not like blood pressure readings. They are detailed maps of how your mind works, tied to conditions that carry stigma, affect employment, and show up in insurance decisions. Making that kind of scan cheap and easy sounds like progress. It also means more people generating sensitive neurological data, and more companies holding it. Who owns that data, who can buy it, and what happens when an insurer or employer wants access are questions that need answers before the technology gets widespread.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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