Harvard Medical School and Google DeepMind team up on conversational AI diagnostic study
alan_karthi · x · 2026-10-10
A research collaboration between Harvard Medical School / Beth Israel Deaconess clinicians and Google DeepMind has concluded, with the authors discussing the vision of "triadic care" — AI enriching the doctor-patient relationship in a trustworthy way rather than replacing clinicians.
- The study explored conversational diagnostic and helpful medical AI systems, with patients participating
- It sits at the heart of the team's "AI co-clinician" strategic initiative, with more to come
- The authors stress much work remains on the precise details, with frontier systems meant to amplify real caregivers
- Contributors include Khaled Saab, Vivek Natarajan, Pushmeet Kohli, and Yossi Matias from Google DeepMind
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