Microsoft says its AI shows ‘higher diagnostic accuracy’ than doctors in tests, study finds

A peer-reviewed study assessed Microsoft’s MAI-DxO using medical case reports and emergency-department cases. The reported test results exceeded doctors’ accuracy scores, but the evidence came from controlled benchmarks rather than everyday clinical practice.

• Researchers tested MAI-DxO on 304 New England Journal of Medicine case reports and 325 emergency-department cases from the MIMIC-IV-ED database.· 1 source
• The article reports accuracy of 83.2% on medical cases and 80.3% on emergency cases, compared with doctors’ respective scores of 36.1% and 46.8%.· 1 source
• The study used controlled benchmarks, and the article notes that the results do not establish performance in everyday medical practice.· 1 source