The Deep View: Microsoft unleashes AI to fix personal health

Posted on March 13, 2026 by michelleclarke2015
Microsoft unleashes AI to fix personal health
What if your AI knew everything your doctor does? As tech companies race to work on that idea, Microsoft has become the latest to throw its hat in the ring.
On Thursday, Microsoft launched Copilot Health, a separate space within Copilot that acts as a hub for all of your AI-powered medical assistance needs. It can use all of your health data, including from wearables, US hospital health records, provider organizations, and even lab test results, to provide insights and answer questions.
“We are really on the cusp of building a true medical superintelligence, one that can learn everything about you, all of your health conditions from your wearable data, your electronic health records, and use that to provide support and insights and intelligence at your fingertips,” said Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI CEO, in a press briefing.
While Microsoft Copilot already answers 50 million consumer health questions daily, with this experience, Microsoft aimed to improve the quality of responses with:
Information from credible health organizations across 50 countries. Clear citations to source materials. Expert-written cards from Harvard HealthAssistance with connecting to doctors who accept insurance
To quell concerns about reliability and security, Microsoft shared that Copilot Health was developed with an internal clinical team and informed by an external panel of over 230 physicians and that data is protected with “industry-leading safeguards.”
A standout to me was that you can only access Copilot Health in its siloed space, with your health queries never mixed into your regular Copilot experience, and that it prioritizes user consent when accessing health data. It is being rolled out to users via a waitlist to ensure maximum precaution.
This product is a direct response to similar offerings from competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic, and it appears to be a good strategy, given demand. OpenAI has previously said 40 million people worldwide rely on ChatGPT daily for medical advice, a number comparable to the 50 million daily queries Microsoft touted. Amazon announced this week that its Health AI solution, which originally launched only in One Medical, had such strong demand that the company expanded access on the Amazon website and app. If people are organically turning to AI to help navigate health queries, then it is only logical to allow them to connect their personal data and get much better and more accurate results.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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