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🧵 Threads is venturing deeper into the fediverse with its latest feature.
This AI startup wants to make life easier for dementia patients and their loved ones
With the rise of AI comes a lot of promise. On the face of it, a lot seems centered around generating content, building startups, and automating some of the more menial tasks. But another industry seeing the benefit is healthcare like these scientists that used AI to discover a new antibiotic.
According to the WHO, there are currently more than 55 million people suffering from dementia, and there are over 10 million new cases a year. It takes a toll not only on the person but also on their family.
One team is trying to make it easier. Sensay is a platform that uses AI to help patients and their families preserve cherished memories, likenesses, stories, and personalities while also assisting patients by digitally replicating people closest to them.
Once you sign up, you can chat with an AI personality called Athena. Think of Athena as your personal biographer. It will ask you to share your memories, big or small, through voice or text. Athena then listens and learns from each memory and crafts a digital “replica” based on the data provided that emulates the person’s personality.
According to the team, the benefits go beyond emotion as well. Caregivers can gain a better understanding of how to provide for their loved ones through Athena’s insights and by referencing the newly created digital replica.
The team has crafted a number of different replicas of some big-name celebrities like Chris Hemsworth that you can test out before committing to creating your own.
Sensay is currently in open beta and ships with three different pricing plans, including a free option.
Grow your app with Setapp: revenue, users, & AI
You shipped the app. Now comes the part nobody warns you about.
Billing across dozens of countries. Licensing agreements. Tax compliance. Customer support for users you haven't met yet. And if your app does anything with AI, add provider management and infrastructure costs to the pile. None of that is why you started building — but all of it is now your problem.
Setapp is trying to take it off your plate.
You probably know Setapp as the subscription marketplace — one monthly price, hundreds of Mac apps. On May 21st, they turned toward developers. The pitch is simple: list your app, reach users who are already looking, and let Setapp handle the business layer.
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