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Microsoft says its AI tool is better than doctors at diagnosing conditions - The Verge

Publisher description: In new research, Microsoft’s AI tool diagnosed medical cases up to four times more accurately than human physicians.

NewsAPI | Oct 22, 2026 | Robert Hart

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Now “it is finally here,” Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman tells The Verge. 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. In a blog post published Thursday and an article in the BMJ Digital Health & AI medical journal, the company outlines five other areas it believes AI will need to master, including coordinating clinical care, making treatment decisions, and handling the human side of medicine.

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