"Europe's neonatal units have to cope with around 300,000 premature babies that are born every year across the continent. The main immediate risk for these tiny and vulnerable human beings is infection. This can be fatal in their condition. So how can infections be detected more quickly so that we can take the right decisions? In Rennes, researchers are developing a support tool to aid those medical decisions, powered by an information-collecting artificial intelligence, entitled Digi-Newb. One of the babies in the unit in Rennes is Elea, who was born four months prematurely, weighing only half a kilogram. Her mother, Catheline Quenard, says it's been a difficult and anxious time: "In the first moments, we were living minute by minute, hour by hour.