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Trial reportNature2025

Towards conversational diagnostic artificial intelligence.

Tao Tu, Mike Schaekermann, Anil Palepu, Khaled Saab, Jan Freyberg, Ryutaro Tanno, Amy Wang, Brenna Li, Mohamed Amin, Yong Cheng and 16 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 162 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
162citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

162 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  16. Unmet needs in functional neurological disorder related to digital healthcare.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026
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102 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Tao Tu *Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA. taotu@google.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9191-7938
Mike Schaekermann *Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA. mikeshake@google.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1735-9680
Anil Palepu *Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Khaled SaabGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Jan FreybergGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Ryutaro TannoGoogle DeepMind, Mountain View, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8107-6730
Amy WangGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Brenna LiGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Mohamed AminGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Yong ChengGoogle DeepMind, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Elahe VedadiGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Nenad TomasevGoogle DeepMind, Mountain View, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1624-0220
Shekoofeh AziziGoogle DeepMind, Mountain View, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7447-6031
Karan SinghalGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0286-609X
Le HouGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Albert WebsonGoogle DeepMind, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Kavita KulkarniGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
S Sara MahdaviGoogle DeepMind, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Christopher SemtursGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Juraj GottweisGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Joelle BarralGoogle DeepMind, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Katherine ChouGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Greg S CorradoGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Yossi MatiasGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3960-6002
Alan KarthikesalingamGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA. alankarthi@google.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4958-5976
Vivek NatarajanGoogle Research, Mountain View, CA, USA. natviv@google.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7849-2074

Funding

Alphabet Inc
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At the heart of medicine lies physician-patient dialogue, where skillful history-taking enables effective diagnosis, management and enduring trust

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceCommunicationDiagnosisPhysician-Patient RelationsCanadaDouble-Blind MethodEmpathyFemaleHumansIndiaLanguageMaleMedical History TakingPhysicians, Primary CareUnited Kingdom

Identifiers

PMID40205050
PMCPMC12158756

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