Medicine is the biggest AI market’: Microsoft AI CEO says AI could bring top-tier medical expertise to everyone

Mustafa Suleyman believes artificial intelligence is poised to reshape healthcare by making high-quality medical guidance affordable and widely available. The Microsoft AI chief argues that AI-powered tools will narrow longstanding gaps in healthcare quality, with millions of people already turning to AI assistants each week for health-related questions.

Artificial intelligence is set to transform healthcare more profoundly than almost any other sector, according to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, who believes access to expert-level medical guidance will soon become inexpensive and widely available.

Speaking about the future of AI-powered healthcare, Suleyman argued that medicine represents the technology’s biggest commercial opportunity, driven by its ability to deliver specialist knowledge at a fraction of today’s cost. He suggested that advances in AI could dramatically reduce disparities in the quality of healthcare available to patients across different regions and income groups.