From The Boston Globe · · 1m 20s
Mass General Brigham AI Tool Estimates Biological Age from Selfie
Mass General Brigham's AI tool predicts your biological age using a selfie, with cancer survival insights.
In brief
Mass General Brigham's AI tool predicts your biological age using a selfie, with cancer survival insights. Mass General Brigham's AI tool estimates biological age from selfies and links older-looking faces to higher cancer mortality risk. Originally reported by The Boston Globe.
Mass General Brigham opens public AI tool
Mass General Brigham launched a free AI tool that estimates biological age from selfies for public use.
Tool requires 10-minute sign-up
Participants sign a consent form, fill out a survey about age, health habits, and upload 3-10 selfies.
Tool posts biological age estimate
Within seconds, the tool posts an estimate of how old your body appears to be.
Tool tracks aging over time
Users can add new images to track how their biological age changes over time.
Study published in The Lancet
Researchers published a study in The Lancet Digital Health showing the AI predicts cancer survival from photos.
Biological age linked to cancer risk
Among 38,000 patients, those looking at least five years older than their age had a 21 percent higher death risk.
AI tool tested in clinical trials
The tool is being tested in two trials: one for lung cancer patients and another for surgical complications.
The key point
Mass General Brigham's AI tool estimates biological age from selfies and links older-looking faces to higher cancer mortality risk.
