# Using AI to help physicians diagnose rare genetic diseases affecting children

DevFeed: [Using AI to help physicians diagnose rare genetic diseases affecting children](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-ai-to-help-physicians-diagnose-rare-genetic-diseases-affecting-children-6380.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/diagnose-rare-childhood-diseases>)

Published: 2026-06-18T08:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [applied-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applied-ai.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [reasoning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reasoning.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>)

## AI overview

Researchers used OpenAI's o3 Deep Research reasoning model to reanalyze 376 previously unsolved rare-disease cases. After expert review, additional testing, and clinical confirmation, physicians established 18 diagnoses.

## Source excerpt

Researchers used an OpenAI reasoning model to help diagnose rare diseases, identifying 18 new diagnoses in previously unsolved cases.