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- Alibaba open-sourced an AI model designed to detect cancer alongside nearly 150 other medical conditions.
- The release, reported by SCMP's tech desk, makes the model's diagnostic capabilities publicly available rather than proprietary.
Why it matters: By open-sourcing a medical AI with cancer-detection capability rather than keeping it proprietary, Alibaba gives researchers and developers worldwide free access to diagnostic code — undercutting the usual walled-garden approach to health AI.
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