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Microsoft claims AI diagnostic tool better than doctors

Microsoft's artificial intelligence team has released research that suggests AI may be four times better than humans at diagnosing challenging medical conditions.

Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence team has released research which suggests that AI may be four times better than humans at diagnosing medicine’s most challenging cases. We'll speak to the head of Microsoft's AI unit. We'll also hear from a doctor about what that could mean for her and the profession.

A joint call has been made by some of the world's leading aid agencies and human rights groups to shut down the US and Israeli backed food distribution system in Gaza. They say it violates all humanitarian norms.

(Photo: A user on a laptop displaying a 'Matrix'-style screensaver, in London, 3 December 2024; Credit: PA)

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