UC Irvine Siblings Develop ‘Empathetic’ Artificial Intelligence Tech

Pratyush Muthukumar (L) poses with his sister Karishma Muthukumar at the University of California—Irvine in Irvine, Calif., on May 15, 2023. Courtesy of Steve Zylius at University of California–Irvine

Two siblings from the University of California–Irvine have teamed up in creating their own artificial intelligence (AI) “chatbot” for use in the medical field, which they say, will be able to potentially employ empathy in its computing and operations.

The pair will present their work next month at the United Nations (UN) AI for Good 2023 Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.