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Israeli innovation lab backed by pharma and biotech giants creates first AI startup

Israeli innovation lab backed by pharma and biotech giants creates first AI startup

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An Israeli biotech innovation lab established last year and backed by some of the world’s biggest pharma companies like Pfizer and Merck has formed a new startup that will harness artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the effectiveness of drugs in preclinical trials and improve the chances of success in later stages. The startup, OMEC.AI, is …

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Using AI During Colonoscopy Increases Polyp Detection Rates and Reduces Costs

Using AI During Colonoscopy Increases Polyp Detection Rates and Reduces Costs

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A polyp is a small growth of tissue in the colon that can develop into colorectal cancer. Patients with polyps have a higher risk of developing cancer in the future. – Using artificial intelligence (AI) during colonoscopy, endoscopic examination with a camera, may be helpful in detecting precancerous polyps, says Yuichi Mori, physician and associate …

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prospect | When chess is hard and cheating is easy, the next move is complicated

prospect | When chess is hard and cheating is easy, the next move is complicated

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Make no mistake: thinking is hard. You can see it in the grand masters of chess, whose heartbeat triples galloping under their shirts. What separates champion Magnus Carlsen is his deadly immobility, an extremely thoughtful shudder under pressure, which makes his recent behavior all the more surprising. Basically, what Carlsen did in chess is the …

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AI solves traffic problems to get you where you're going safely

AI solves traffic problems to get you where you’re going safely

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“I haven’t met anyone who really likes traffic,” says Karina Ricks of the Federal Transit Administration. Except, perhaps, professionals like her who are in charge of reducing it. Ricks has made his career caring about traffic patterns. Prior to her current role as Associate Administrator for Research, Innovation and Demonstration at the FTA, she was …

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