By Tarun Sai Lomte Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. May 8 2026 Advanced reasoning-based AI systems are showing physician-level performance on select diagnostic tasks, but researchers warn that real-world safety, bias, and clinical accountability remain major barriers to healthcare deployment.  Study: AI can reason like a physician - what comes next? Image Credit: Thandon88 / Shutterstock.com A recent Perspective article published in Science explores whether advanced artificial intelligence (