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A new smart ring is hitting the market that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and a crypto earning feature as it guns for industry leader Oura. Smart rings pack wearable tech into a factor even smaller than smart watches to measure your heart rate, count your steps, track your sleep, and other key metrics. Oura dominates the space with a 62% market share, according to Maia Research. Cudis hopes it has a worthy rival in its Genesis smart ring, adding an AI-powered coach that will give you personalized health and wellness advice as well as offer a rewards program tied to a future token airdrop on the Solana blockchain. The first round of pre-orders for Genesis took place May 1, with 1,500 rings sold and being shipped to customers this week. A second round of pre-orders has started with 8,500 rings available.  Many of the features of the Cudis Genesis ring are common across wearables: tracking heart rates, steps, sleep, strain, stress, and recovery, as well as menstruation cycles. The Oura ring and other smart devices like the Apple Watch cover this territory well. The Oura ring also pushes its users to improve their health through statistics and score systems—for example, waking up to a low sleep score might encourage you to go to bed earlier. One reviewer described Oura recommendations as “basic,” albeit useful to most users. This is where Cudis is attempting to innovate. Image: Cudis The company says Genesis smart ring recommendations will use GPT-4o from OpenAI along with other, unspecified AI models—and tap specialized knowledge they gather from fitness “talents” they bring on board. After choosing your AI coach from a variety of personality types, you’ll be able to chat with them in natural language about your fitness journey. Cudis claims that Genesis users will receive concise,…

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