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Google medical researchers humbled when AI screening tool falls short in real-life testing

AI is regularly cited as a miracle staff in medication, particularly in screening processes, the place system studying fashions boast expert-level abilities in detecting issues. But like such a lot of applied sciences, it’s something to be triumphant in the lab, moderately any other to take action in actual lifestyles — as Google resea…
AI is frequently cited as a miracle workers in medicine, especially in screening processes, where machine learning models boast expert-level skills in detecting problems. But like so many technologies, it’s one thing to succeed in the lab, quite another to do so in real life — as Google resea…

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