Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors — and makes better diagnoses

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Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Access through your institution Buy or subscribe An artificial intelligence (AI) system trained to conduct medical interviews matched, or even surpassed, human doctors’ performance at conversing with simulated patients and listing possible diagnoses on the basis of the patients’ medical history 1 . Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Learn more Subscribe to this journal Receive 52 print issues a

Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors — and makes better diagnoses

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