A patient at a US hospital in July or August last year may have had coronavirus, concluded a Chinese supercomputer given the task of diagnosing Covid-19. US doctors said the symptoms were possibly associated with vaping. Photo: Nora Tam
A patient at a US hospital in July or August last year may have had coronavirus, concluded a Chinese supercomputer given the task of diagnosing Covid-19. US doctors said the symptoms were possibly associated with vaping. Photo: Nora Tam
Coronavirus pandemic
China /  People & Culture

Chinese supercomputer and American doctors clash over AI coronavirus diagnosis of young US vaper

  • China’s Tianhe-1 machine says white patches detected on lungs suggest probable Covid-19
  • But North Carolina doctor says five patients with similar symptoms were not evidence of an earlier outbreak

Stephen Chen
Stephen Chen in Beijing

Updated: 5:00pm, 14 Apr, 2020

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A patient at a US hospital in July or August last year may have had coronavirus, concluded a Chinese supercomputer given the task of diagnosing Covid-19. US doctors said the symptoms were possibly associated with vaping. Photo: Nora Tam
A patient at a US hospital in July or August last year may have had coronavirus, concluded a Chinese supercomputer given the task of diagnosing Covid-19. US doctors said the symptoms were possibly associated with vaping. Photo: Nora Tam
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