Artificial intelligence can diagnose illness better than humans - Babylon

Virtual GP provider Babylon has revealed that its new artificially intelligent (AI) smartphone symptom checker can pass the diagnostic part of the GP qualifying exam with scores that not only match those of human doctors, but occasionally perform better. The AI bot technology, revealed at an event held at the Royal College of General Practitioners on Wednesday night, is designed to help patients check symptoms more efficiently and make more accurate diagnoses at a time when the NHS is under immense strain. Symptom checker Babylon, the provider behind the NHS' GP at Hand app and an ...