Skin cancer detection tools powered by AI are improving. Not everyone is benefitting

New AI tools used in dermatology have a crucial shortcoming.

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Imagine you’re getting out of the shower one morning and you notice a mole on your thigh that you’ve never seen before. It’s reddish brown, bumpy and surprisingly large. Is it a benign mole, or is it melanoma?

A slew of new artificial intelligence tools claim they can help you figure it out. Some are smartphone apps that anyone can download to scan their skin at home, while others are software........

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