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Google launches project to screen for diabetic eye disease

An illuminated Google logo in Zurich, Switzerland. [Photo: Reuters]

BANGKOK - Google said on Thursday it had launched an artificial intelligence program in Thailand to screen for a diabetic eye disease which causes permanent blindness.

The eye screening program in Thailand follows a similar Google program in India and highlights a push by big tech companies to show the social benefits of new AI technologies.

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