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Oct 2025
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Microsoft Sees Healthcare as Path to Ind...

The Wall Street Journal
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Through its new partnership with Harvard Medical School, Microsoft is leaning on healthcare for its artificial-intelligence chatbot, Copilot, to gain independence from OpenAI’s ChatGPT. WSJ reporter Sebastian Herrera shares exclusive details on that effort. Plus, AI is transforming how companies manage risk. Executives from FedEx and DBS Bank spoke at the re ... Show More
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