Harvard University Partners with Microsoft to Advance AI Healthcare Capabilities

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I look at why a new
Harvard-Microsoft licensing deal could be a defining moment for
generative AI in medicine


Highlights


00:11 — Harvard University's Graduate Medical
School has entered into a licensing agreement with Microsoft,
enabling the company to access consumer health data. Now,
Microsoft plans to utilize this wealth of health data to enhance
Copilot with health-related content, which many view as part of
the company's strategy to reduce its reliance on OpenAI
infrastructure.


01:06 — Healthcare was one of the first use
cases identified for AI, and although Microsoft already has
healthcare-focused AI tools, this partnership could provide the
most accurate healthcare AI tool for general use cases. This
situation represents a widening gap in reliance on OpenAI's large
language models. Microsoft is expanding its reach with models
developed by other providers.


01:53 — But this also poses a threat to any
dominance that OpenAI might already have in the healthcare space.
ChatGPT is reported to provide sometimes inaccurate responses.
While things have undoubtedly improved since ChatGPT burst onto
the scene, the reliance on imperfect data can create significant
risks. Consequently, Copilot could easily rise to the top spot in
this domain.


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