Microsoft has built an artificial intelligence-powered medical tool it claims is four times more successful than human doctors at diagnosing complex ailments, as the tech giant unveils research it believes could speed up treatment.
The “Microsoft AI Diagnostic Orchestrator” is the first initiative to come out of an AI health unit formed last year by Mustafa Suleyman with staff poached from DeepMind, the research lab he co-founded and which is now owned by rival Google.
In an interview with the Financial Times, the chief executive of Microsoft AI said the trial was a step on the path to “medical superintelligence” that could help solve staffing crises and long waiting times for overstretched health systems.