Microsoft's step-by-step diagnostic AI lands Science cover, code released
erichorvitz · x · 2026-10-23
Microsoft researcher Eric Horvitz announced that his team's work on AI systems that reason through diagnosis step by step is featured on the cover of Science this week, under the theme "AI in Medicine: Guiding a clinical workup to reach a diagnosis." The team has shared code openly, aiming for more accurate and timely diagnoses worldwide, with collaborators spanning Microsoft, Mayo Clinic, and NASEM Health.
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