Google unveils prototype cancer-detecting microscope

Pathology researchers from the Google Inc. unit of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) presented early data from artificial intelligence algorithms designed to detect and assess the aggressiveness of cancer, and allowed visitors to test a microscope that overlays visual results of a cancer detection algorithm over biopsy samples in real time. The presentation occurred at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Chicago.

"You see the real sample as usual, and on top of that have a real-time live update on the cancer prediction of the model," said Martin Stumpe, technical lead at Google...