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  "id": 8261332,
  "title": "Alibaba open-sources medical AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/alibaba-open-sources-medical-ai-model-that-can-detect-cancer-and",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-18T14:30:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Tech",
    "slug": "scmp-tech",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3368055/alibaba-open-sources-medical-ai-model-can-detect-cancer-and-nearly-150-conditions"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm, Damo Academy, has open-sourced an artificial intelligence model capable of identifying nearly 150 abdominal conditions – including cancers – by reading computed tomography (CT) scans, marking the latest step in the firm’s growing medical AI efforts. The vision-language model, called Damo Radar, was designed to analyse contrast-enhanced CT scans covering 18…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Alibaba open-sources medical AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/alibaba-open-sources-medical-ai-model-that-can-detect-cancer-and-8261738",
        "published": "2026-09-18T14:30:05.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}