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Microsoft diagnostic AI beats generalist physicians on hard cases, study says
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Microsoft's multi-agent diagnostic system reached the correct diagnosis in 83.2% of complex New England Journal of Medicine cases, against 36.1% for generalist physicians, in a benchmark study Science published online Oct. 22.
The physicians in the comparison were primary care physicians and general…
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