# ‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds > Source: > Published: 2026-08-31 16:00:29+00:00 # ‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds By Andrew Gregory Health editor in MunichSource: [The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatment Doctors have developed a “superhuman” AI tool that can spot heart disease in less than two seconds. The groundbreaking technology has been trained on millions of patients and works by extracting more information from a routine electrocardiogram (ECG) than the human eye can typically see. [Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/31/superhuman-ai-tool-spots-heart-disease) Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.