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A 71-year-old crop farmer in South Korea sought treatment after two months of eye irritation, redness and blurred vision. Ophthalmologists found and removed 11 living Thelazia callipaeda roundworms, some pregnant with larvae, using forceps after numbing his eyes with a topical anesthetic. The case was documented in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Microsoft published a peer-reviewed study in Science showing its Microsoft AI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) significantly outperformed generalist physicians on diagnostic accuracy using case reports from the New England Journal of Medicine and emergency department data from MIMIC-IV-ED. The AI scored 83.2% accuracy versus 36.1% for doctors on case-report scenarios, and 80.3% versus 46.8% on emergency cases, with the model required to gather information step-by-step rather than being given full case details upfront.
Microsoft published research in Science claiming its Diagnostic Orchestrator, which uses multiple AI agents powered by OpenAI's GPT-5 to mimic a panel of medical experts, diagnosed cases more accurately than human physicians. On NEJM case reports it scored about 83% accuracy versus 36% for doctors using references, and on emergency department data from Beth Israel Deaconess it scored 80% versus 47% for physicians, often at lower estimated cost.
A developing nor'easter is expected to bring strong northeasterly winds, heavy surf and rain from North Carolina to Nova Scotia this weekend, with gusts of 60 to 70 mph forecast for New England on Friday and Saturday. Forecasters warn of coastal flooding, beach erosion, dangerous rip currents, isolated power outages, and flight delays at New York and Boston airports, though the storm's exact track and duration remain uncertain.