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Microsoft claims AI diagnostic tool outperforms doctors in Science study

Microsoft says it has built an AI-powered diagnostic tool that outperforms human doctors by up to four times on its own benchmark. The results were published in the journal Science and based on comparisons against physicians using scenarios drawn from medical case reports and emergency department data. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman framed the tool as healthcare AI 'finally here.' The benchmark was compiled by Microsoft itself, and the available text gives no further methodological detail.

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A peer-reviewed-looking claim of superhuman diagnostic accuracy from a major AI lab is a significant healthcare AI data point, though the self-built benchmark warrants caution.

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman. | Getty Images

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 doctors.

The findings, published Thursday in one of the world's most prestigious journals, Science, are based on tests pitting Microsoft's AI system against human physicians on a series of scenarios drawn from medical case reports and emergency department data. Microsoft compiled the cases into its own benchmark, S …

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