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Can AI keep Alzheimer’s patients safe at home?

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In this episode of Science Quickly, multimedia journalist Meghan McDonough explores how emerging artificial-intelligence‑powered “smart home” tools are helping people with Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions that cause dementia stay safer at home while easing the load on caregivers. And McDonough examines the key ethical, privacy and access questions that come with relying on these technologies. Recommended Reading: Meet Your Future Robot Servants, Caregivers and Explorers The Heartbreak and Hazards of Alzheimer’s Caregiving E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any…

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