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AI assembles a diagnostic team
The Verge reports that Microsoft’s multi-agent Diagnostic Orchestrator reached about 83% accuracy on difficult published cases, compared with 36% for generalist physicians using references, and also led on retrospective emergency-department cases. The system coordinates AI agents to ask questions, order tests and weigh diagnoses. It still needs clinical validation; hospital testing is planned, and doctors remain central.
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Source: Robert Hart · The Verge · October 22, 2026Original: Microsoft says its AI tool is better than doctors at diagnosing conditionsAI-curated · Original summary · Founded by James Creedon
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