In recent weeks, the chatter about artificial intelligence has focused on chatbots taking over the internet. The developments received a mixed reception, and we’d like to think those large language models have responded by hiring a PR agency… How else do you explain this story that’s surfaced about how AI is picking up cancer in breast screens that humans are missing? Hungary has been testing the technology on real patients, and has seen great results – so much so that clinics and hospitals in the US, Britain and European are also diving in. No one is saying it’s sorted – there are lots of trials and testing to do. But with the technology’s ability to review mammograms in a more granular way than the human eye, there’s some excitement about its application. As for radiologists concerned about their jobs, Professor Constance Lehman from Harvard Medical School says they will always be needed, but there “are tasks that are better done with computers.”