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It's too soon to tell if DeepMind's medical AI will save any lives

31 July 2019

A DeepMind AI can predict whether someone will get acute kidney injury 48 hours before it occurs, but it's too soon to tell if the tech will actually make a difference
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How Theresa May’s plan for an AI-powered NHS could go very wrong

21 May 2018

Trials of artificial intelligence show it can spot diseases that doctors miss – but rolling the tech out across the UK might prove more difficult

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