Sep 7, 2026 – 5.00amEvery morning, Joel Richards gets a Slack notification telling him how he slept overnight and what his resting heart rate was. At the end of each week, he receives a more detailed report outlining his biggest hits and misses over the previous seven days as he trains for a 100-kilometre rowing event in December.The messages don’t come from a highly organised personal trainer but an AI-powered app that the 40-year-old software engineer built for himself.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Euan BlackHealth and wellness reporterEuan Black is the health and wellness reporter at The Australian Financial Review. He was the work and careers reporter.Fetching latest articles