Study: Google AI health chatbot passes US medical exam

While much has been made about the future possibilities – and dangers – of AI, health is one area where the technology had already shown tangible progress, with algorithms able to read certain medical scans as well as humans. — AFP Relaxnews

Google’s artificial intelligence-powered medical chatbot has achieved a passing grade on a tough US medical licensing exam, but its answers still fall short of those from human doctors, a peer-reviewed study said on July 12.

Last year the release of ChatGPT – whose developer OpenAI is backed by Google's rival Microsoft – kicked off a race between tech giants in the burgeoning field of AI.