Summary
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Copilot Health lets you upload medical and wearable data for AI interpretation.
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Built with clinicians and more than 250 physicians worldwide for safer, evidence-based guidance.
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It drives you to care, but always follow the diagnosis and treatment of a human doctor.
When something isn’t right with your body, it’s always tempting to turn to Google to see what could be wrong. It’s fast, it’s free, and it can sometimes make you feel comfortable (and sometimes cause more panic). LLMs only accelerated this behavior, with people flocking to AIs to share concerns, upload photos of injuries, and ask about conditions.
As such, some companies are working on giving AI assistants a specific health-related mode aimed at giving people the best possible medical advice. Such is Copilot Health, which does not aim to replace doctors, but helps motivate people to do the right thing.
Copilot Health can help you make sense of your health information
However, it is best to leave the heavy lifting to doctors
Microsoft has announced the release of Copilot Health blog. The idea behind Copilot Health allows users to upload their medical data and readings from wearable devices to AI. The assistant can then use this data to help the user understand what the readings mean, and use the information to better help people when they ask about a specific symptom they’re reporting.
Of course, being empowered to provide health advice to an LLM should never be taken lightly. So Microsoft has ensured that Copilot Health uses the best possible training data:
Built with clinicians. Developed with our in-house clinical team and informed by an external panel of over 250 physicians from over 24 countries who contribute clinical guidance, safety feedback and a real-world perspective.
The idea behind Copilot Health seems to be that it will take your biometrics and the symptoms you describe and use them to point you in the right direction. It’s then up to you to take Copilot Health’s findings to a doctor who can confirm an AI diagnosis and develop an appropriate treatment plan. Regardless of how much a company promotes an LLM as a health professional, always remember to respect and follow the advice of a human doctor regarding AI.
