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Microsoft AI Medical Diagnosis Tool Beats Doctors 83% to 36% on Hard Cases

Microsoft’s AI team taught a machine to practice medicine the slow way, and the results are hard to ignore. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, Microsoft researchers reported that their MAI-DxO diagnostic system correctly diagnosed 304 fiendishly complex medical cases 83% of the time. General physicians given the same cases managed 36% with textbooks and the internet, and just 22% without references. That’s better than a two-to-one edge for the machine. ...

October 23, 2026 · 6 min · 1079 words ·