I Tried the First Full-Scale, AI-Powered Gym. It's Great, but Humans Are Still Required

When you walk into Santa Monica's newly opened Fred Fitness, you wouldn't think, "This place runs on AI." The space is open and welcoming, with warm wood beams, plant life scattered throughout, a comfy couch, window seating and even a community table where members can work between workouts. But as you venture further into the space, that's when you see it's filled with AI-powered machines and fitness tech designed to maximize your fitness journey. Even on the window seats that look out onto the sidewalk, all members have access to Therabody JetBoots for compression, vibration and red light therapy to boost recovery. And behind the front desk -- where, yes, there are people to help you -- there's a Therabody massage gun. Anna trying the Therabody JetBoots. Anna Gragert/CNET I was intrigued. As a wellness expert who pays close attention to whether new technology and trends can actually benefit our health, I aimed to find out if Fred Fitness, the first full-scale AI gym, could potentia ... Read full article.