Google will help you identify that suspicious mole or rash

"Googling your symptoms isn't always the best idea, but Google wants to change that and it's starting with your skin.

The search giant has developed Derm Assist, a new web-based app that can identify skin conditions from a photo. Derm Assist was unveiled at Google I/O 2021, Google's annual developer conference, but you can't use it yet. Google is targeting for it to launch in the European Union by the end of this year.
Here's how it works. You spot a rash, lesion or strange-looking mole on your skin, snap a few photos of it, upload those pictures to Derm Assist. Google's artificial intelligence and machine-learning capabilities analyze the photos and look for a match in a database of 288 skin conditions. It then presents a handful of possible skin conditions you might have with an accuracy rate of up to 97%, the company says..." Lire la suite