Microsoft says its AI diagnoses 4x more accurately than doctors, in Science
tomwarren · x · 2026-10-23
Microsoft claims its multi-agent Diagnostic Orchestrator diagnoses cases up to 4x more accurately than human physicians, with results published in Science.
- Built on SDBench, a Microsoft benchmark compiled from medical case reports and ER data, which it plans to open-source
- The system reasons like a panel of experts: analyzing symptoms and histories, ordering tests, and arriving at diagnoses
- AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman: "We're going to build something that is indistinguishable from human performance in the next couple of years," framing it as a step toward "medical superintelligence"
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