X-rays reveal the horrific damage the coronavirus does to the lungs. Images released by the Radiological Society of North America show how the virus fills the lungs with sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe as there’s little space remaining for fresh air to enter. These effects have led a host of tech firms to release AI systems that can detect signs of the infection in the lungs. Their rationale is straightforward: AI, and in particular deep learning, has had some of its biggest successes in classifying features in images. If it can pick out details from high-resolution photos,…

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