The Must Know About Your Wearable and the AI Behind it

Smartwatches, rings and health trackers are no longer niche gadgets. Around 35% of UK adults now use a wearable device, and the global fitness tracker market is expected to grow dramatically over the next decade. But as AI becomes the engine interpreting all that data, a bigger question emerges: what do these devices actually know about our health, and how much should we trust them? In this special episode, Lara Lewington and Ben Clark dive into the fast growing world of wearables. From Lara’s experiments with multiple trackers while researching her book, to Ben putting his own data to the test, they explore what our devices measure well, what they get wrong, and why the future of healthcare could depend on the algorithms quietly analysing our daily lives. What role should AI play in personal health: how do we avoid mistaking algorithmic predictions for medical fact, and what should responsible AI powered health tools look like? Will the real value in wearables come from hardware, data platforms, or services built on top of the data? And could smart glasses become the next frontier in health tracking, changing how we collect and understand our own biology? If you have a question you’d like Lara and Ben to tackle, drop us a line Email: [email protected] Instagram: @theageofaipod YouTube: @theageofaipod Linkedin: The Age of AI The Age of AI is brought to you by AIR, a launchpad for researchers to create innovative AI startups. Supported by Responsible Ai UK, an international ecosystem for responsible AI research and innovation, and delivered by Future Worlds, the tech startup accelerator at the University of Southampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices