Microsoft CEO: AI can change the trajectory of healthcare if properly used

Microsoft's CEO has said artificial intelligence has the potential to "change the trajectory of healthcare" if it can be scaled successfully across the NHS. Speaking at Microsoft Future Decoded at London's ExCel exhibition centre on 1 November, Satya Nadella suggested that readily-available machine learning tools could "change the way health is given". However, the chief executive said this would only happen if people used the digital tools at their disposal to fundamentally change ways of working. "It's not about the whizz-bang technologies, but the people behind it who take this technology and translate it into real action," Nadella said. "The biggest proviso is seeing this all in action – how is the technology all being used? I ask the hard question: is our participation really translating into people using our technology to shape outcomes that matter?"