Singapore firm's AI machine trumps doctors in diagnostic contest in China

Organised by the China National Clinical Research Centre for Neurological Diseases, the competition was the first public showing of Biomind, an AI machine developed by Singapore start-up Hanalytics and the Beijing Tiantan Hospital. ST PHOTO: DANSON CHEONG
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BEIJING - It was a match that until the final moments seemed like it could swing either way.

In one corner were top radiologists, 14 from China and one from Singapore, with decades of experience between them.

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