UK govt plans cancer AI, Intel turns to ML-powered pharma - Rethink

The UK is planning to leverage its NHS to improve its cancer diagnosis procedures, by combining its vast array of data with AI-based technologies to spot early signs of cancer. Combining medical records with population data, the hope is to prevent 20,000 cancer-related deaths annually, by 2023. It's ambitious, but the UK is well-placed in such projects. Critics will argue that the current government's economic austerity policies and its budget cuts to the regional NHS trusts are a bigger hindrance than a lack of AI, and that it should look to rectify those aspects before trying something shiny and new.