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AI cancer cures slowed by chip shortage, says UK's biggest tech boss
The head of a big UK tech company says there is a chip shortage. This shortage is slowing down the work on AI cancer cures. The company designs chips that help computers work. These computers can model how a DNA marker is affected by cancer. Right now, this work cannot be done.
The tech boss believes that computers will solve the problem in the future. He says that computers will help understand how cancer impacts DNA markers. This will help find cures for cancer. But first, the chip shortage needs to be fixed.
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