FaceAge Featured on CNN

CNN’s Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever highlights FaceAge, an AI tool developed at Mass General Brigham to estimate biological age from a face photograph.

FaceAge was featured on CNN’s Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever in a segment exploring how artificial intelligence may help clinicians better understand biological aging and patient health. The segment visits Boston, where researchers at Mass General Brigham discuss FaceAge, an AI driven algorithm that estimates biological age from a simple face photograph and may help support clinical decision making.

The segment features Raymond Mak, MD, who describes how FaceAge can translate visual information from a patient’s face into an objective, quantitative measure that clinicians can consider alongside their own judgment. The video also highlights the potential of FaceAge to support treatment decisions in oncology, while emphasizing the importance of ethical oversight and human clinician AI teaming.

The article also shared the powerful story of one of our study participants, Toni Feather, explaining how her estimated biological age was 10 years younger than her real age, which reflected the physical resilience that helped her withstand grueling treatments. It correctly pointed out that our model goes beyond obvious markers like wrinkles, instead flagging less apparent factors such as the hollowing of the temples, which can indicate muscle loss. While celebrating the potential of our work, the article also fairly represented the challenges ahead, including the need to diversify our training data and our own concerns about the ethical implications, which we are committed to addressing.