Microsoft's AI is good at medicine

The Microsoft AI team is making waves in the medical field. Their Diagnostics Orchestra, called MAI-DxO, correctly diagnosed up to 85% of the New England Journal of Medicine cases, which is 4 times higher than experienced physicians. To be fair, in this comparison, the humans didn't have access to outside help like other colleagues or textbooks, which would be available in a real-life scenario.

AI cannot replace the personal relationship you have with your physician, which will remain very important. But the technology will certainly help your doctor make more accurate assessments.

Remember that healthcare access is still a huge issue for large portions of the global population, especially as medical costs have been increasing quickly. Innovation in the sector has actually made medical services more expensive in many cases - advanced drugs and procedures aren't cheap. AI should be able to help deal with both these challenges.

There are already over 50 million medical queries on Copilot and Bing a day, providing plenty of data for the tech to work with. Watch this space.