10-10-2026 10:30 via businessinsider.com

He needed a caregiver as his body shut down. AI found him the one.

Merrill Hale has relied on technology for his caregiving.Jordan Gale for BIChristina Evers, 42, watches on, holding the back of Merrill Hale's motorized wheelchair, as he controls his screen with his eyes.It's the only way Hale, 57, has found to effectively communicate with Evers, his caregiver. Hale was diagnosed with ALS a decade ago and has slowly lost the ability to speak, eat, and move."Tech is essential to my survival," Hale says, read aloud by a computerized voice."He's the brightest guy
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