May to pledge millions to AI research assisting early cancer diagnosis
by Anne Perkins Deputy political editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#3QN5Q)
Industrial strategy plans to develop artificial intelligence using algorithms built from NHS patient data
Theresa May will pledge millions of pounds of government funding to develop artificial intelligence able to transform outcomes through early diagnosis of cancer and chronic disease.
In a speech in Mansfield on Monday that is being billed as the first of a series on industrial strategy, May will say: "Late diagnosis of otherwise treatable illnesses is one of the biggest causes of avoidable deaths.
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