Microsoft Partners with Harvard to Enhance Copilot’s Health AI Capabilities

Copilot, following an update expected as soon as this month, will begin using Harvard Health Publishing information to respond to healthcare-related queries.

Microsoft is partnering with Harvard Medical School to enhance its Copilot AI assistant with health-related content, as part of a broader effort to reduce its dependence on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, The Wall Street Journal reported.

According to the report, Copilot, following an update expected as soon as this month, will begin using Harvard Health Publishing information to respond to healthcare-related queries. As part of the partnership, Microsoft will pay Harvard a licensing fee.

The collaboration is aimed at making Copilot’s responses more aligned with the kind of information users might receive from a medical practitioner, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Harvard did not respond to a Reuters request for comment, while Microsoft declined to comment on the report.

So far, Copilot has primarily relied on OpenAI’s models across Microsoft’s suite of applications, such as Word and Outlook. In an effort to diversify its AI ecosystem, Microsoft has also begun integrating Anthropic’s Claude and is developing its own AI models.

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