Microsoft’s AI diagnoses complex cases 4 times better than doctors + 8 more stories

In the last 2 days ChatGPT read 57858 top news stories. After removing previously covered events, there are 9 articles with a significance score over 5.9.

[6.0] Microsoft's new AI system diagnoses complex cases 4 times better than doctors — zdnet.com (+8)

Microsoft's new AI, MAI-DxO, diagnosed complex medical cases from the New England Journal of Medicine with 85% accuracy, exceeding human physicians' performance by over four times.

MAI-DxO uses a "virtual panel of physicians" approach with LLMs like GPT and Llama. It evaluates symptoms, asks questions, suggests tests, and displays its reasoning.

The AI is configurable to consider cost limitations, unlike unaided AI which might order every possible test.

[5.5] WHO certified Suriname malaria-free, a first for Amazon region — who.int (+4)

Suriname has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization, becoming the first country in the Amazon region to achieve this status. This marks a significant public health accomplishment.

The certification follows nearly 70 years of effort, with the last locally transmitted case of malaria recorded in 2021. Suriname implemented widespread testing, treatment, and community engagement to eliminate the disease.

This achievement highlights the possibility of malaria elimination in challenging environments and contributes to the WHO's goal of eliminating malaria in the Americas by 2030.

Highly covered news with significance over 5.5

[6.4] Zuckerberg lures AI talent from OpenAI with huge offers — wired.com [$] (+47)

[6.2] US, Japan, India, Australia announce critical minerals initiative to counter China's dominance — dw.com (+86)

[6.0] Canada ships first LNG export cargo from Pacific coast — reuters.com [$] (+5)

[6.0] Amazon deploys its 1 millionth robot in a sign of more job automation — cnbc.com (+7)

[5.8] US Schools will directly pay college athletes starting July 1 — cbssports.com (+6) [the first sports news that passed the threshold in a long while!]

[5.7] Russia claims full control of Ukraine's Luhansk region — thehindu.com [$] (+14)

[5.8] Scientists discovered a microbe redefining the minimum for life — elcomercio.pe (Spanish) (+2)

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