Liv Boeree: AI is an existential threat to humanity unless we act now

Liv Boeree Liv Boeree is host of the Win-Win podcast, former professional poker player, science broadcaster, and co-founder of Raising for Effective Giving. She lives in Austin, Texas. Follow her on X and Instagram. Visit livboeree.com. Liv Boeree: AI could wipe out humanity Just how big a threat does the rise of Artificial Intelligence pose…

July 1, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

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Dr Ash Kapoor: Upgrade your health like you upgrade your gadgets

Dr Ash Kapoor Dr Ash Kapoor is a qualified medical practitioner specialising in human optimisation and longevity, focusing on applying interventions to optimise cellular function and decelerate decline to prevent dysfunction, disorder, disease and ultimately ageing. To further advance the study of longevity medicine, Dr Kapoor supported the launch of Levitas Academy, a specialist training…

July 1, 20240Comments

ByDr Jonny Rees

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Is MyZone better than Apple Watch and Whoop?

For both elite athletes and amateur enthusiasts, heart-rate workouts have become one of the most popular training tools to boost short-distance speed, long-distance endurance and improve peak performance and overall wellness and longevity by boosting important cardiovascular health biomarkers such as resting heart rate, heart-rate variability (HRV) and VO2 Max. Heart-rate training involves exercising at…

June 2, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

How AI will influence health and fitness

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AI predicts “total loss” of human agency

“Total loss of human agency.” That was the end-point on a list of predictions I asked ChatGPT to make regarding the potential downsides of AI’s influence on the future of the health and wellness industry. Other entries were equally apocalyptic. One scenario described how AI might be “used to implement a global eugenics program”. Another…

April 23, 20240Comments

ByJon Lipsey

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Unlock your power potential with Technogym Biostrength

If you work in health and fitness media, you get at least one press release a week touting a "groundbreaking" new item of strength training equipment. Genuinely innovative products, however, are so rare that you can count them on one hand. In 1796, Francis Lowndes introduced the Gymnasticon, an early exercise machine equipped with levers,…

April 1, 20240Comments

ByJon Lipsey

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How personalised healthcare will help you live longer

Dr Euan Ashley Dr Euan Ashley is a physician, scientist and author and Associate Dean in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. He is known for helping establish the field of medical genomics and led the team that conducted the first medical interpretation of the human genome. His latest book The Genome Odyssey brings…

February 21, 20241Comment

ByJoe Warner

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How AI can help cure disease and save millions from dying before their time

Dr Vanessa Smer-Barreto Dr Vanessa Smer-Barreto is a researcher developing AI technologies for drug discovery. Following her PhD in Astronomy and two years working as a data analyst she switched to biomedicine after winning a cross-disciplinary post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Edinburgh. Her most recent breakthrough was the discovery of three ageing-related agents using…

January 23, 20240Comments

ByDr Jonny Rees

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