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AI skin cancer detection tools are getting better, but only for people with light skin
It's reddish-brown, bumpy and surprisingly large. Is it a benign mole, or is it melanoma ?
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AI skin‑cancer detection tools are more accurate for people with light skin, but their performance drops for darker skin tones. Studies show that algorithms trained on predominantly light‑skinned images misclassify lesions in darker‑skinned patients. The article highlights the need for more diverse training data to improve equity in AI diagnostics.
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