Arm CEO: AI will cure cancer, but chip shortage slows progress

AI cancer cures slowed by chip shortage, says Arm boss

Rene Haas, CEO of Arm Holdings, predicts AI will eventually find cures for cancer that humans cannot, but says the current rollout of AI is constrained by a shortage of chips for data centres. In a BBC interview, Haas also foresees widespread humanoid robots within five years, dismisses fears of mass job losses as overstated, and argues the UK doesn't need its own chip fabs. Meanwhile, cancer researcher Prof Chris Bakal counters that the future of medical AI lies not in giant computers but in the right data.