Chinese search giant Baidu creates an open-source A.I. for detecting cancer

Baidu, the Chinese search giant, is sometimes hailed as China's Google. And just like Google, it has a bunch of innovative side projects which go way beyond straightforward search. We recently covered Baidu's amazing handheld universal translator. Now the company has announced its latest feat: Using artificial intelligence algorithms to help pathologists better diagnose cancer. The company has developed an A.I. that is capable of analyzing slides containing biopsied tissue.