Apple is working on iPhone features to help detect depression, cognitive decline
Since most of the comments here seem to be on the hysterical side:<p>1. This is not something Apple is rolling out <i>now</i> with their devices and systems.<p>2. This is research being done by UCLA and BioNTech using Apple&#x27;s various sensors.<p>3. There&#x27;s nothing concerning here (yet). This is a common kind of research using novel sensors (either actually novel sensors or taking advantage of their now-pervasiveness). Webcams were used as part of studies at least 15 years ago (by classmates while I was in grad school).<p>Other sensors have been used for decades to monitor people in research studies to see if they could be used to detect conditions either after they&#x27;d developed or earlier while still developing. The only interesting thing about this is that the researchers are using <i>Apple&#x27;s</i> sensors, and that&#x27;s not terribly interesting at all. Last year, Garmin and Oura partnered with DOD and others to use their sensors to try and detect COVID infections before people developed the obvious symptoms, was that terrifying to any of you?