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‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds

The Guardian — Tech · August 31, 2026 · International · AI Governance

Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatment Doctors have developed a “superhuman” AI tool that can spot heart disease in less than two seconds. The groundbreaking technology has been trained on millions of patients and works by extracting more information from a routine electrocardiogram (ECG) than the human eye can typically see. Continue reading...

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