Microsoft and Paige Partner to Create World’s Largest AI Model for Cancer Detection
Microsoft has announced a partnership with Paige, a leading company in the field of digital pathology, to develop the largest artificial intelligence model in the world for detecting cancer.
Paige’s spokesperson stated that the amount of data used in this model surpasses any models previously created by Google or Meta*. According to Paige, a model capable of processing millions of digital histological sections is necessary to assist pathologists and oncologists. For the past seven years, Paige has been instrumental in digitizing millions of slides to aid in cancer identification.
To handle the immense volume of data, Paige required additional computing power. Therefore, the company collaborated with Microsoft, leveraging the corporation’s vast resources and computing power, including thousands of graphic processors, to create the needed model.
In the next phase of development, up to 4 million digital microscopic sections from the Petabait clinical data archive will be utilized. With the support of Microsoft’s supercomputers infrastructure, the model will be deployed in laboratories and hospitals using the Azure cloud platform.
Paige describes the newly created model as “ChatGPT for the microscopic world.” The amount of data utilized to develop the AI model is ten times greater than the entire content library of Netflix.
Images resembling those observed by physicians when diagnosing cancer with the assistance of Paige.
Advantages and Prospects
The model holds the promise of significantly reducing the number of misdiagnoses, which is crucial as hundreds of thousands of lives are lost or impaired every year due to incorrect diagnoses. Experts believe that the model has the potential to identify all rare