AI models analyzing audio from AirPods could determine a user's heart rate

Apple's latest research reveals how models made for speech recognition can determine your heart rate by processing phonocardiograms, which could be used in AirPods.Apple could add heart rate detection to future AirPods, building upon their existing health-related features.On Thursday, a week after the company revealed its Humanoid Policy study that deals with robotics, Apple published new research that explores health applications. Specifically, heart rate estimation.In its latest study, titled 'Foundation Model Hidden Representations for Heart Rate Estimation from Auscultation,' the company's researchers explain how foundation models can be used to determine heart rates from audio recordings, even though they were created with a different purpose in mind. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums