A major technological breakthrough is shaking up the healthcare sector. According to a study published Thursday in the prestigious journal *Science*, a new artificial intelligence developed by Microsoft proved to be 'more than twice as accurate' as general practitioners at solving complex medical puzzles. Unlike traditional tools that process all data from a file (symptoms, imaging, and biological analyses) in one block, this system replicates the human clinical approach by proceeding step by step. At the heart of this innovation is an 'orchestrator', an algorithmic module that organizes the reasoning by convening a 'simulated panel of clinical experts' that collaborate to make a diagnosis. The system first determines the key questions for the anamnesis and physical examination, selects additional tests...
General consensus on the advanced performance of Microsoft's new medical model compared to traditional human diagnostics. Popular Western sources tout a doubling of the success rate, while the Asian press (NDTV, The Straits Times) adopts a more measured tone by explaining the algorithmic architecture and the model's role as an orchestrator.
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