A CNN Producer Explores the 'Magic AI' Workout Mirror (cnn.com)
(Sunday March 22, 2026 @12:34PM (EditorDavid)
from the who's-the-awarest-one-of-all dept.)
- Reference: 0181071856
- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/21/2326202/a-cnn-producer-explores-the-magic-ai-workout-mirror
- Source link: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/business/video/magic-ai-fitness-mirror-try-spc-digvid
CNN [1]looks at "the Magic AI fitness mirror ," a new product "watching you, and giving you feedback automatically," while sometimes playing footage of a recorded personal trainer.
Long-time Slashdot reader [2]destinyland describes CNN's video report:
> CNN says the device "tracks form, counts reps, and corrects technique in real-time — and it doesn't go easy on you." (Although the company's CEO/cofounder, Varun Bhanot, says "we're not trying to completely replace personal trainers. What we are providing is a more accessible alternative.")
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> CNN call the company "more a computer-vision firm than a fitness company, building the tech for this mirror from the ground up." CEO Bhanot tells CNN he'd hired a personal trainer in his 20s to get fit, but "Going through that journey, I realized how old-fashioned personal training was. Dumbbells were still dumb. There was no data or augmentation for the whole process!"
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> "The AI fitness and wellness market is already huge — and it's growing," CNN adds. "In 2025 the global market was worth $11 billion, according to [market research firm] Insightace Analytic. By 2035, this market is expected to reach just shy of $58 billion. And Magic AI is far from alone. Form, Total, Speediance, and Echelon, to name a few, are all brands vying for a slice of this market.
Even the most purely physical of activities — exercising your body — now gets "enhanced" with AI accessories...
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/business/video/magic-ai-fitness-mirror-try-spc-digvid
[2] https://slashdot.org/~destinyland
Long-time Slashdot reader [2]destinyland describes CNN's video report:
> CNN says the device "tracks form, counts reps, and corrects technique in real-time — and it doesn't go easy on you." (Although the company's CEO/cofounder, Varun Bhanot, says "we're not trying to completely replace personal trainers. What we are providing is a more accessible alternative.")
>
> CNN call the company "more a computer-vision firm than a fitness company, building the tech for this mirror from the ground up." CEO Bhanot tells CNN he'd hired a personal trainer in his 20s to get fit, but "Going through that journey, I realized how old-fashioned personal training was. Dumbbells were still dumb. There was no data or augmentation for the whole process!"
>
> "The AI fitness and wellness market is already huge — and it's growing," CNN adds. "In 2025 the global market was worth $11 billion, according to [market research firm] Insightace Analytic. By 2035, this market is expected to reach just shy of $58 billion. And Magic AI is far from alone. Form, Total, Speediance, and Echelon, to name a few, are all brands vying for a slice of this market.
Even the most purely physical of activities — exercising your body — now gets "enhanced" with AI accessories...
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/business/video/magic-ai-fitness-mirror-try-spc-digvid
[2] https://slashdot.org/~destinyland
more /. shilling (Score:2)
'Bhanot tells CNN he'd hired a personal trainer in his 20s to get fit, but "Going through that journey, I realized how old-fashioned personal training was. Dumbbells were still dumb. There was no data or augmentation for the whole process!"'
What a moron. Yet his product is being shilled here.