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Microsoft closes $16B acquisition of Nuance, launching a bold experiment in health AI

  • Casey Ross

By Casey Ross March 4, 2022

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AI’s next big health care experiment can now begin.

Microsoft closed on a $16 billion acquisition of Nuance Communications Friday, launching a plan to leverage its speech recognition software and other AI capabilities to seize what the tech giant sees as a $500 billion market opportunity.

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Casey Ross

Casey Ross

National Technology Correspondent

Casey Ross covers the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and its underlying questions of safety, fairness, and privacy.

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