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Whoop launched a social network where every user has a β€˜verified heartbeat’

Screenshots from Whoop Humans

Starting Thursday, Whoop members can share their data from its wearables on the app's new Whoop Humans social network. Users can make their metrics, activities, and achievements visible to other Whoop wearers, post Story-like "Moments" with photos and captions, and add comments and reactions on other members' posts.

Whoop claims its platform is "entirely human," unlike other social media platforms that are "saturated with artificial intelligence, automated accounts and bots, and manufactured content."

Whoop CEO Will Ahmed says Humans is "the most verifiably human network ever launched. Every account represents a real person with a verified …

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Oura is acquiring medical AI chatbot startup Counsel Health

Oura announced its quarterly earnings today and said it agreed to acquire Counsel Health for $625 million, after adding the company's AI chatbot to its app earlier this year. Counsel Health calls itself an "AI-native primary care company," using the app to deliver AI-generated responses and insights based on users' health data reported from their wearables that can then proceed to a conversation with one of its in-house physicians.

Oura says it expects the deal to close before the end of the year.

Oura CEO Tom Hale said in an interview with Bloomberg that the acquisition is part of a plan to connect wearables, clinical AI, and access to do …

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