Microsoft says its AI tool is better than doctors at diagnosing conditions
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Microsoft says its new AI diagnostic system can diagnose conditions up to four times more accurately than human doctors and was more than twice as good overall, according to coverage of recent reporting. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI CEO, told The Verge the company's tool beat generalist doctors on hard cases and called this a step toward 'medical superintelligence.' TechCrunch notes the study in Science found the AI system outperformed doctors on difficult cases, but much of the gain appears to come from the underlying AI models rather than Microsoft's full system.
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Multiple outlets are publishing a high-profile claim backed by a Science study and quotes from Microsoft leadership, making the performance assertion viral now.
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Before you hand patient care over to code, note that the study says most gains came from the underlying models, not the Microsoft system itself.
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- New AI Is More Than Twice as Good at Diagnosing Diseases as DoctorsHackerNewsOct 23
- Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’
Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from Microsoft’s system itself.
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For years, AI leaders have touted healthcare as one of the clearest examples of where their technology will improve lives. Now "it is finally here," Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman tells The Verge. The company claims to have developed an AI-powered tool it says can diagnose conditions up to four times more accurately than human […]
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