New Benchmarks Envision the Future of AI in Healthcare

New research from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft introduces advanced benchmarks for evaluating AI in healthcare. OpenAI's HealthBench uses a physician-written rubric to assess conversational safety, while Google's AMIE focuses on multimodal diagnostic dialogues incorporating images and documents. Microsoft's SDBench simulates diagnostic challenges to test an agent's strategic, cost-conscious decision-making. These methodologies move beyond simple accuracy to provide a more holistic assessment of clinical competence, though significant questions remain about real-world integration, ethics, and building trust with both patients and clinicians.