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Following·Day 2·first covered 11 Oct 2026·2 sources

Google AMIE Chatbot Hits 90% Diagnostic Accuracy in Lancet Clinical Trial

The gist

A Lancet-published trial with real patients offers harder evidence for clinical AI performance than benchmark testing alone. The absence of a comparison group and the supervised setting leave open how AMIE would perform in unsupervised clinical conditions.

How it developed
12 October 2026

Lancet publication of AMIE trial confirmed; 98 Boston urgent care patients, 90% diagnostic accuracy

11 October 2026

Google's AMIE clinical trial results reported: 90% diagnostic accuracy across 98 urgent care patients, with physician supervision throughout

Sources
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