'This could help millions of women': Rishi Sunak hails first-of-its-kind AI breast cancer screening trial set to be rolled out on the NHS in bid to catch lumps earlier than ever

Thousands of British women will have their mammograms assessed by an AI'doctor' in a real-time clinical trial aimed at improving early breast cancer detection, Rishi Sunak will announce this week. Speaking ahead of a global summit on artificial intelligence in South Korea, the Prime Minister said the AI technology could help improve aspects of Britain's health service. But they added regulations needed to be brought in to ensure the technology worked for the benefit of mankind and not to its detriment. Alongside his South Korean counterpart, Mr Sunak hailed a collaboration between the NHS and Korean firm Lunit on using AI to improve the speed and accuracy of breast cancer diagnosis as an example of the positives of the new technology. 'AI is changing the world around us.