AI can spot your eye disease with 94.5 percent accuracy

Even more impressive, it can explain its choices. Explain yourself: The black box has long been a challenge in artificial intelligence. This refers to the tendency of algorithms to spit out results without explaining what went into them--and it can make weeding out bias difficult. The news: In a paper released in Nature Medicine yesterday, DeepMind researchers described an AI system that can identify more than 50 diseases, refer them to a specialist, and, most important, indicate which portion of a medical scan prompted the diagnosis. Why it matters: Explainability is crucial if AI is to see increased use in medicine.