Microsoft’s MAI-DxO outperformed generalist doctors on simulated complex cases, study in Science
Microsoft published a Science paper reporting that its AI orchestration system MAI-DxO correctly diagnosed 83% of complex New England Journal of Medicine cases in a simulation, compared with 36% for individual generalist physicians using reference materials; specialists or physician teams (who typically handle such cases) were not included in the comparison. The study tested multiple base models (best results used OpenAI’s GPT-5 and GPT-5.5), found DxO added most value on complex cases and weaker models, and Microsoft said it will train a Mayo Clinic-backed healthcare foundation model and run real‑world evaluations at Beth Israel Deaconess.