Diet-monitoring AI tracks your each and every spoonful

An AI that watches you while you eat can estimate how much you’re consuming, and could help people track their calorie intake

4 June 2024

An artificial intelligence that watches you while you eat aims to automatically gauge the calories and nutrients in each spoonful.

Using AI to measure these facets of a meal isn’t a new idea, with previous models able to take an image of food on a plate and provide an estimate.

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