Microsoft Copilot Health - Can AI Become A Life Saving Medical Companion?

Microsoft has analysed 500,000 health conversations on Copilot. People are using it for questions they'd normally carry alone - symptoms they haven't told a doctor yet. Can AI prove to be a worthy medical companion? Microsoft's new health usage report covers more than 500,000 Copilot conversations. People are using it to understand symptoms, interpret test results, and manage health on behalf of others - one in seven health queries is asked on someone else's behalf. Mobile use skews toward active symptoms; desktop toward research and clinical work. The pattern looks less like a search engine and more like a first consultation. In parallel, a dedicated Copilot Health tab is reportedly in development, with connectors for Fitbit, Garmin, Oura, and Apple Health. That would shift Copilot from just answering health questions to having persistent access to your personal health data. But if the outputs are life saving, maybe it's data worth giving up?