The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, have developed Deep GI, an artificial intelligence model trained on hundreds of thousands of endoscopic images, to help doctors accurately locate colorectal cancer — matching the expertise of senior GI specialists. Now entering Phase 2, the technology is being expanded to detect and diagnose gastric and bile duct cancers, with plans to spin off into a startup following the Thai FDA approval.

Chulalongkorn University’s Communication Center, together with AFP and the Google News Initiative, is introducing fact-checking skills to combat fake news — a vital tool for today’s social media users. A free online fact-checking course is also now open for journalists and journalism students at all levels.