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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

By Matthew Sparkes

4 June 2024

AI can analyse each spoonful you eat

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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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