New AI platform led by Fred Hutch aims to accelerate cancer breakthroughs Monica Nickelsburg October 01, 2025 / 1:15 pm

A coalition of cancer centers led by Fred Hutch on Wednesday unveiled their plan to use artificial intelligence in the fight against one of the world’s most intractable diseases.

The Cancer AI Alliance (CAIA) is led by Fred Hutch, and includes the Dana-Farber, Johns Hopkins, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer centers.

For years, AI boosters have claimed it will find a cure for cancer, often as a reason to continue developing the technology despite concerns about safety and the environmental impact of training large language models. But using AI in healthcare is difficult, because medical data is highly sensitive and heavily regulated.

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