AI in cancer research waits for its funding moment
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As general-purpose AI like ChatGPT and Gemini make its way into people's everyday lives today, domain-specific ones like AI in cancer are also advancing, with only funding and critical infrastructure standing in the way of clinical use, according to one of Hong Kong's leading researchers.
Infrastructure is easy to overlook and underinvest in. Roads, bridges, and electrical grids fade into the background, until a failure makes them impossible to ignore.
The same is becoming true for AI in healthcare. Over the past several years, health…
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