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Bringing foundational models to the front lines of TB screening
Generative AI
Preeti Singh, Lead, Technical Program Manager, and Shravya Shetty, Distinguished Software Engineer, Google Research
Tuberculosis remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives each year. Despite decades of global investment, too many cases go undetected in the communities that carry the highest burden. Over the past five years, we’ve worked to change that trajectory, moving from early research benchmarks toward open foundation models that could be tuned and deployed at the point of care.
Getting access to timely healthcare often comes down to an accident of geography: where you live, what resources your local clinic possesses, and whether a specialist is within reach.
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