Using AI to See the Hidden Signs of Breast Cancer

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Researchers and companies are designing AI algorithms that can detect signs of breast cancer in mammograms before those signs are visible to the human eye. WSJ reporter Brianna Abbott joins to share how these advanced AI tools compare against current risk-detection methods. Plus, personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen discusses some features from Google's Gemini and Amazon's Alexa+ that promise to make smart homes even smarter. Peter Champelli hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Remax Collection.
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0:10.7	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:12.6	It's Friday, October 3rd.
0:14.3	I'm Peter Champelli for the Wall Street Journal.
0:16.8	Imagine your dog runs off, and all of your neighbors' ring cameras automatically start looking for it.
0:21.6	Those types of advancements are coming to smart home technology, from smarter security cameras to AI speakers.
0:28.6	And then, researchers are developing AI tools that can predict a patient's risk of breast cancer, just from a routine mammogram.
0:36.6	So how does it compete against other
0:38.9	kinds of screening? We'll find out more about some new health tech that could be introduced in
0:43.6	clinics as soon as this year. But first, after years of stagnation, smart home technology
0:52.3	could be getting a lot more powerful, thanks to
0:55.3	some updated features set to roll out from Google later this month, and ones that are
0:59.5	already rolling out from Amazon.
1:02.0	Wall Street Journal, personal tech columnist Nicole Nguet is here to tell us more.
1:06.2	So Nicole, it sounds like there are a few categories of smart home tech where there's
1:10.7	going to be upgrades.
1:11.9	What kind of changes are coming for security cameras like Nest or Ring?
1:16.1	The biggest changes will be to the way you interact with security cameras, which are probably
1:21.4	the most popular smart home device outside of smart speakers.
1:25.9	AI has an incredible ability to understand what's going on in images or
1:30.2	video. And this is really helpful for security cameras because they're always rolling and they're
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