Microsoft AI tool outperforms doctors in medical diagnosis
Original title: Microsoft says its AI tool is better than doctors at diagnosing conditions
Diagnostic Orchestrator AI achieves 83% accuracy on case reports versus 36% for physicians, using multiple reasoning agents.
Microsoft unveiled Diagnostic Orchestrator, an AI system that deploys multiple agents to mimic doctor workflows by gathering history, ordering tests and reaching diagnoses. Tested on NEJM case reports it scored 83% accuracy against 36% for physicians with references and 22% without. On emergency department data from Beth Israel Deaconess it reached 80% versus 47% for human doctors, with lower estimated costs. The system is built on GPT-5 and researchers plan hospital trials starting in coming months.
- 83% accuracy on NEJM cases vs 36% for referenced physicians
- 80% on ED admissions vs 47% for human physicians
- SDBench benchmark plans to open-source
- Plans real-world testing at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Vendors
- Microsoft
- Products
- Diagnostic Orchestrator
- Organizations
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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