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There are more AI health tools than ever—but how well do they work?

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What Happened

Earlier this month, Microsoft launched Copilot Health, a new space within its Copilot app where users will be able to connect their medical records and ask specific questions about their health. A couple of days earlier, Amazon had announced that Health AI, an LLM-based tool previously restricted to

Our Take

More AI health tools shipping than ever, but nobody actually knows if they work. Microsoft's dumping Copilot Health into the app, Amazon's doing the same thing—both betting people will connect their medical records and ask an LLM medical questions. The real question nobody's asking: have these been validated? Tested? Or are we just shipping AI into healthcare because we can?

Moving fast and breaking things works for social apps. Doesn't work when you're breaking people's health decisions.

What To Do

Request clinical validation data before adopting AI health tools in any context.

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