Google's AMIE demonstrates real-time AI video medical consultations

Google published a study of its AMIE research system conducting real-time, audio-visual clinical consultations in simulated settings, rather than text-only chat. The company describes it as a first-of-its-kind demonstration of the model handling live video during a simulated patient visit.

Why it matters: Moving from text-based diagnostic chat to live audio-visual consultation is a step toward AI systems that can pick up the non-verbal cues a human clinician would, a persistent gap in AI medical assistants. It signals where Google is directing its healthcare AI research relative to text-only rivals, though real-world clinical deployment remains a separate, much higher bar.