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Study: Artificial Intelligence Is Better Than Doctors at Finding Breast Cancer

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Researchers from Google and Imperial College London teamed up to teach a computer model how to recognize cancer.

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A computer algorithm was able to diagnose breast cancer more accurately than a radiologist—and just as well as two doctors examining a mammogram. That’s according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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