Could AI put an end to animal testing?

No person with a heart, professional or otherwise, would be enthusiastic about subjecting innocent animals to potentially lethal scientific tests. Unfortunately, this process is necessary to ensure that drugs and other substances are safe for eventual human use - however, for years now scientists and experts have been researching less invasive alternatives.

Artificial intelligence has once again proved particularly useful in this area. In this case, the application of this technology is extremely simple, yet very effective: its role is to analyse all the results of animal tests conducted in the past, so as not to risk conducting further tests when the outcome is already available.

Some trained AI systems are also capable of determining the toxicity of a new chemical - the power and accuracy offered by this technology is enabling toxicology to make giant strides, relatively quickly.