Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors

Microsoft says AI system better than doctors at diagnosing complex health conditions

Firm says results of research create ‘path to medical superintelligence’ but plays down job implicationsMicrosoft has revealed details of an artificial intelligence system that performs better than human doctors at complex health diagnoses, creating a “path to medical superintelligence”.The company’s AI unit, which is led by the British tech pioneer Mustafa Suleyman, has developed a system that imitates a panel of expert physicians tackling “dia…

Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors

The tech giant poached several top Google researchers to help build a powerful AI tool that can diagnose patients and potentially cut health care costs.

Microsoft’s New AI Tool Can Diagnose Patients More Accurately Than Doctors

Microsoft researchers unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) system on Monday that can diagnose patients more accurately than human doctors. Dubbed the Microsoft AI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO), it is a system that includes multiple AI models and a framework that allows it to go through patient symptoms and their history to suggest relevant tests, and then, based on the results, it suggests possible diagnoses.