{"id":408499,"date":"2026-04-24T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/408499\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:37:10","slug":"i-went-to-the-largest-aging-conference-ai-and-age-tech-sparked-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/408499\/","title":{"rendered":"I Went to the Largest Aging Conference: AI and Age Tech Sparked Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In every time block, there was at least one session that directly addressed age tech, AI, wearables, and innovation. A recurring theme among the panels was that older people want to use AI, but many don&#8217;t know what options are available. AARP has found that tech use has surged among older people in the US in recent years, with 90% owning a smartphone and 30% <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/disney-ai-adoption-dashboard-tokens-tokenmaxxing-claude-cursor-josh-damaro-2026-4\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">using AI<\/a>. While many are still hesitant about using new tech, plenty are interested but don&#8217;t yet know how to apply the tech to their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Many panels, such as &#8220;Bridging the Gap: Addressing Ageism in Age Tech,&#8221; highlighted gaps in AI training data that are often skewed by stereotypes, surveillance concerns, and designs driven by what developers sometimes incorrectly think older people want.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists across the conference argued that age-inclusive design should integrate autonomy, flexibility, and an accurate assessment of older people&#8217;s needs. For instance, some robotics technology, like ElliQ, was developed with insights from older people, such as serving as a companion that encourages human interaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In every time block, there was at least one session that directly addressed age tech, AI, wearables, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[193104,4157,345,343,344,51689,193105,64146,42658,18265,16040,501,85,46,64286,23814,5926,100657,920,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-408499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-age-tech-sparked-debate","9":"tag-aging","10":"tag-ai","11":"tag-artificial-intelligence","12":"tag-artificialintelligence","13":"tag-attendee","14":"tag-belonging","15":"tag-companion","16":"tag-concern","17":"tag-conference","18":"tag-equity","19":"tag-family","20":"tag-il","21":"tag-israel","22":"tag-neighbor","23":"tag-old-people","24":"tag-other","25":"tag-social-connection","26":"tag-tech","27":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}