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AI Outperforms MDs on Reasoning Tasks

Across six experiments—including a blinded, real-world ER evaluation—an OpenAI large language model outperformed physician baselines on multiple clinical reasoning tasks, though not on key safety endpoints such as cannot-miss diagnoses

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  • Kerri Miller

  • May 4, 2026

  • 7 min

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AI Outperforms MDs on Reasoning Tasks

  • by Kerri Miller

  • May 4, 2026

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