AI Is Already Beating Human Doctors in Medical Tests
Artificial Intelligence AI Is Already Beating Human Doctors in Medical Tests Robo-docs are not likely to take over healthcare anytime soon, but they could do more to assist human doctors—if we let them. In a recent series of experiments led by researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, a preview of the OpenAI large language model (LLM) known as o1 bested human physicians in multiple tests of clinical and diagnostic reasoning. "We tested the AI model against virtually every benchmark, and it eclipsed both prior models and our physician baselines," said Harvard Medical School professor Arjun K.
- ▪Artificial Intelligence AI Is Already Beating Human Doctors in Medical Tests Robo-docs are not likely to take over healthcare anytime soon, but they could do more to assist human doctors—if we let them.
- ▪In a recent series of experiments led by researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, a preview of the OpenAI large language model (LLM) known as o1 bested human physicians in multiple tests of clinica
- ▪"We tested the AI model against virtually every benchmark, and it eclipsed both prior models and our physician baselines," said Harvard Medical School professor Arjun K.
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Artificial Intelligence AI Is Already Beating Human Doctors in Medical Tests Robo-docs are not likely to take over healthcare anytime soon, but they could do more to assist human doctors—if we let them. Elizabeth Nolan Brown | From the August/September 2026 issue Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google Media Contact & Reprint Requests <img src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/c800x450-w800-q80/uploads/2026/06/topicshealth-800x450.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto" width="1200" height="675" title="An illustration of X-ray images along with computer and robot imagery" alt="An illustration of X-ray images along with computer and robot imagery | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: iStock" />…
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