Data Science Bowl encourages use of AI to combat cancer

Two out of every five people in the US will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetimes, according to the National Cancer Institute . Now the same technology behind improved voice assistants and credit card fraud detection--artificial intelligence--is now being implemented into lung cancer screenings for this year's Data Science Bowl. Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle are hoping to inspire data scientists and medical communities around the world to use artificial intelligence to improve lung cancer screening technology at this year's Data Science Bowl. The 90-day Data Science Bowl competition will award winners with $1 million in prizes. Funds for the prize purse will be provided by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.