Multi-agent collaboration reshapes medical AI! Incubated by Tsinghua AIR: Doctor AI avatars "see patients" at hospitals

What happened: Tsinghua AIR-incubated startup Zijing Zhikang unveiled multidisciplinary human-agent collaboration technology and an upgraded Agent Hospital system, where AI doctor avatars support human doctors across specialties and are being tested in hospitals nationwide. Key numbers: As of July 2026, the system has built 54 AI doctors and Why it matters: The system presents differing avatar opinions to doctors rather than converging them, leaving final judgment to physicians. The team positions the approach as augmenting doctors with specialist support rather than replacing them.

Tsinghua AIR-incubated startup Zijing Zhikang unveiled multidisciplinary human-agent collaboration technology and an upgraded Agent Hospital system, where AI doctor avatars support human doctors across specialties and are being tested in hospitals nationwide.

The system presents differing avatar opinions to doctors rather than converging them, leaving final judgment to physicians. The team positions the approach as augmenting doctors with specialist support rather than replacing them.