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Microsoft is making a major shift in health AI. The company announced Thursday that it is introducing Copilot Health, a new experience within its chatbot that will combine all your medical records and wearable data with artificial intelligence designed to help you make sense of it all.
“We are truly on the cusp of building true medical superintelligence,” said Mustafa Suleiman, CEO of Microsoft AI. “A device that can know everything about you, all your health conditions, from your wearable data, your electronic health records, and use that to provide support, insights and intelligence at your fingertips.”
A recent Microsoft survey found that Copilot users are on mobile devices Ask health-related queries in the chatbot More than any other topic. Copilot Health is designed to answer these questions. Microsoft’s health AI was moderated by internal physicians and an external committee of hundreds of physicians in more than two dozen countries. is used National Academy of Medicine framework To evaluate reliable medical sources and information from Harvard Medical School via License Agreement 2025.
Copilot Health gives you detailed insights into the data your smartwatch and ring collect.
Copilot Health is housed inside the regular consumer version of Copilot. But it’s a completely separate experience, designed that way to keep your health information separate from your regular conversations. Because he’s specially trained for health questions, he is It should be More useful and accurate than the regular version of Copilot or other chatbot. ChatGPT introduced Similar experience Earlier this year.
Your health information will not appear in regular copilot responses, only in the new health tab. You can delete your data at any time by simply turning off a setting, which is so easy it raises the question of why not all AI companies delete your data so easily.
The company says your information is not used to train Microsoft’s AI models. But your medical information in AI tools like Copilot is not protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The benefit of using Copilot Health is having a place to keep all your medical and health information, with artificial intelligence that has been trained to help answer your questions about that information. You can connect data from your device Smart watches And rings, as well as upload your medical records. Through third-party software like HealthEx and CLEAR, you can upload files from multiple doctors’ offices, hospitals, and laboratories at once.
Copilot Health is not a doctor
If you choose to share your electronic health record, AI can make more informed recommendations and reference specific doctors’ visit notes and lab results. But don’t use Copilot Health as a substitute for a doctor. What AI can do is discuss your health concerns, help you prepare for upcoming appointments, and help you build healthy habits.
“Copilot Health is not meant to give you a final diagnosis or formal treatment plan, but it is certainly here to support you in arriving at the right answers,” said Dr. Dominic King, Vice President of Health at Microsoft AI. The former surgeon led the team that built Copilot Health.
For example, it can help you make a list of questions to ask your doctor, break down your lab results, and find a provider that accepts your insurance. Copilot Health can discuss your health concerns, such as understanding any new symptoms, but cannot diagnose or prescribe medication.
Microsoft is slowly rolling out the app, starting with adults (18+) in the US, where English is the only language. You can sign up to join the waitlist for Copilot Health now.
Copilot Health is separate from regular AI conversations.
There are some current uses of AI in healthcare today, but they are mixed. Wearables have something new AI-powered data insights and training. Some doctors are Using AI writer tools To take notes during appointments with patients. Administrative and insurance work also has its own AI tools in particular About claims processing (Including denial in some cases). The common thread is that AI is not without flaws, and should never be used to make important decisions without human supervision.
For AI believers, the tangled bureaucratic web of American health care is the perfect place to prove that AI intervention can make a real difference. But AI in healthcare is like putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound, a middle-of-the-road measure that doesn’t solve the underlying problems.
It’s too early to tell whether Microsoft’s goal of medical superintelligence is viable. But right now, Copilot Health is demonstrating a more productive use of AI – more so Fill the Internet with filth.
“I think this is probably the most important and most positively impactful contribution that artificial intelligence can make to the world,” Soliman said. “This is very important to us.”