A team of researchers in Japan demonstrated how their endoscopic system uses artificial intelligence to identify polyps during colonoscopy at the 25th United European Gastroenterology Week in Barcelona, Spain, which took place Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, USA Today reports.
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In this article, Maria Serikova discusses how technology could have a positive impact on patients with mesothelioma.
A team of researchers at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital in collaboration with Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory developed a machine learning tool that helps predict breast lesions at risk for becoming cancerous.
Machine learning is a key focus for a majority (53 percent) of CIOs' digitization efforts, according to a ServiceNow survey.
Venture capital funding in the artificial intelligence sector hit $1.09 billion in the third quarter of 2017, according to a joint report by PwC and CB Insights.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella enjoys contemplating the technologies of the future, he said in an interview at the GeekWire Summit 2017.
Microsoft Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Microsoft, launched a global competition to offer $3.5 million in funding to startups focused on artificial intelligence Oct. 10.
UC San Diego entered into a multiyear project with IBM Research to establish the Artificial Intelligence for Healthy Living Center on the university's campus, IBM announced Sept. 28.
Nuance Communications, a voice and language solutions provider, launched an artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant solution targeted toward clinicians Sept. 27.
Contrary to Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, who believes artificial intelligence could result in the development of weapons of terror, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is optimistic about the technology.