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The chances are incredibly small that Earth is the only planet with life. A new AI system has scoured millions of radio signals from space to identify any with potential artificial origins – and discovered eight signals that look intriguingly alien.

It seems we can add medical imaging to the list of fields about to be revolutionized by deep learning computers. A Chinese startup has revealed that its intelligent assisted diagnosis software for X-Ray and CT scans has already looked at over 200,000 scans in trials at 20 hospitals around China.