pharmaphorum July 14, 2025
Phil Taylor

A new research paper from Apple’s machine learning team suggests that the tech giant is looking at using artificial intelligence algorithms on behavioural data for future health functions on the Apple Watch wearable.

The article, published on the arxiv.org preprint server, discusses how this behavioural data – the way people move, exercise, and sleep – may be much more effective at spotting emerging health conditions than relying only on the current PPG sensor-based, physiological data included in wearable devices, such as heart rate or blood oxygen levels.

It is not certain that the new Wearable Behaviour Model (WBM) AI will make it into a finished product – not least because of the privacy considerations of having this type of health...

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