MIPT Aist Mobile application for expectant parents

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2024: Application Presentation

B MIPT is being developed application for future parents. The university announced this on September 3, 2024. The digital solution proposed by students of the Department of Technological Entrepreneurship of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Olga Khamikoeva and Artyom Novopolsky unites a peer-reviewed content one from leading doctors, as well as an emotional support tool: there is a - in the application virtual assistant chat boat that answers questions from future parents. The mobile application is called Aist.

The application is aimed at increasing awareness of what happens to the fetus and expectant mother during pregnancy. According to the authors of the project, students of the Department of TechPreda of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Olga Khamikoeva and Artyom Novopolsky, the Aist digital service was created to form a general picture of young people about this wonderful period and for the psychological adaptation of family couples to the birth of a child. We are not talking about any interference of artificial intelligence in the practice of parenthood. 

Of course, not everyone supports us, this is normal, but many. The main thing to understand is that we do not replace specialists and experts from this field, but are an additional tool that performs the functions of support and care. Despite the fact that the content is certified by leading experts, we still recommend contacting specialists to resolve difficult issues, "said Olga Khamikoeva.

According to the international innovation agency Nesta, investment in parenting technology (ParentTech) is growing 50% faster than other industries (15% versus 10% for the period from 2011 to 2021) and reached $20.8 billion. At the same time, analysts predict that until 2026 the segment will show an increase of another 18%. Despite the high level of commercialization of digital services for parents, the development team from MIPT pursues primarily a social mission, so it made basic functions free, in particular, monitoring the size and duration of the fetus, chat with a virtual assistant with a limited number of messages, part of expert content. The authors of the project plan to provide the rest of the content and full access to the chat to users by subscription. 

When conducting problematic interviews, 9 out of 10 girls said that they lack emotional support from loved ones, so I would like someone to talk to even in the dead of night. Then we decided to make our Stork - this is artificial intelligence inside a chat in the application. He will help answer the questions "What if I become a bad mother?" or "What if I have no experience at all?," Calming the girl. For men, he will be able to answer questions about what the future pope needs to know before the birth of a child, "said Artyom Novopolsky.

Until the end of 2024, the development team from MIPT plans to release the first version of the application, as well as take part in several grant competitions.