Microsoft recently set up a healthcare-focused edition of its Copilot AI to convene information from various sources, the reason given for this development was to help improve public understanding in their medical interactions.
The software giant pitched Copilot Health as a way to prepare for medical appointments or understand test results, though emphasised the AI is not intended to replace real-life doctors.
Microsoft stated its existing consumer products already handle more than 50 million health questions per day. These range from seeking knowledge about symptoms to garnering information on medical conditions and treatments.
Copilot Health collates information from “your health records, wearable data and health history” to provide comprehensible details.
Users in the US are first in line to gain access the service, which employs details from 50,000 domestic hospitals and related facilities through unified health records provider HealthEx.
AI company Anthropic also tapped HealthEx in a medical move for its Claude chatbot unveiled in January.
Perhaps aptly for a medical interaction, Microsoft is inviting would be US users to join a waiting list to access the service as part of a “careful, phased rollout”. It caveated the service “is not intended to diagnose, treat or prevent diseases or other conditions” and should not be relied on in place of proper medical attention.
Instead, Microsoft stated Copilot Health would equip the public with the information they need to make the most of visits to their doctor and other health professionals.
The AI is ISO/IEC 42001 certified, “meaning an independent third party has verified” how Microsoft has put the service together. More than 230 physicians from 24 countries have contributed their expertise and opinions to the product.
It emphasised Copilot Health would not be used to train models.
Source: Mobile World Live
Image Credit: Microsoft Copilot
