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Melanoma and other skin conditions can look different in people with darker versus lighter skin – but image databases include many more examples from people with lighter skin. SeventyFour/iStock via Getty Images

AI skin cancer detection tools are getting better – but only for people with light skin

Mohamed Akrout, University of Tennessee

These apps and software programs could provide access to lifesaving screening – if researchers can find a way to remove the baked-in bias.

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