Establishing a real-time biomarker-to-LLM interface

\(\bf Introduction:\) Large language models are capable of summarizing research, supporting clinical reasoning, and engaging in coherent conversations. However, their inputs are limited to user-generated text, which reflects subjective reports, delayed responses, and consciously filtered impressions. Integrating physiological signals provides a clear additional value, as it allows language models to consider real-time indicators of autonomic state alongside linguistic input, thereby enabling more adaptive and context-sensitive interactions in learning, decision-making, and healthcare. Therefore, we present a streamlined architecture for routing real-time heart rate variability data from a wearable sensor directly into a generative AI environment. \(\bf Methods:\) Using a validated heart rate variability sensor, we decoded Bluetooth-transmitted R-R intervals via a custom Python script and derived core heart rate variability metrics (HR, RMSSD, SDNN, LF/HF ratio, pNN50) in real time. These values were published via REST and WebSocket endpoints through a FastAPI backend, making them continuously accessible to external applications—including OpenAI's GPT models. \(\bf Results:\) A live data pipeline from autonomic input to conversational output. A language model that does not just talk back, but responds to real-time physiological shifts in natural language. In multiple proof-of-concept scenarios, ChatGPT accessed real-time HRV data, performed descriptive analyses, generated visualizations, and adapted its feedback in response to autonomic shifts induced by low and high cognitive load. \(\bf Discussion:\) This system represents an early prototype of bioadaptive AI, in which physiological signals are incorporated as part of the model's input context.

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2025-09-26
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Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
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Establishing a real-time biomarker-to-LLM interface

Morris Gellisch, Boris Burr
Dokumentenrepositorium der RUB (Ruhr University Bochum)
Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
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Establishing a real-time biomarker-to-LLM interface

Morris Gellisch, Boris Burr
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Abstract

\(\bf Introduction:\) Large language models are capable of summarizing research, supporting clinical reasoning, and engaging in coherent conversations. However, their inputs are limited to user-generated text, which reflects subjective reports, delayed responses, and consciously filtered impressions. Integrating physiological signals provides a clear additional value, as it allows language models to consider real-time indicators of autonomic state alongside linguistic input, thereby enabling more adaptive and context-sensitive interactions in learning, decision-making, and healthcare. Therefore, we present a streamlined architecture for routing real-time heart rate variability data from a wearable sensor directly into a generative AI environment. \(\bf Methods:\) Using a validated heart rate variability sensor, we decoded Bluetooth-transmitted R-R intervals via a custom Python script and derived core heart rate variability metrics (HR, RMSSD, SDNN, LF/HF ratio, pNN50) in real time. These values were published via REST and WebSocket endpoints through a FastAPI backend, making them continuously accessible to external applications—including OpenAI's GPT models. \(\bf Results:\) A live data pipeline from autonomic input to conversational output. A language model that does not just talk back, but responds to real-time physiological shifts in natural language. In multiple proof-of-concept scenarios, ChatGPT accessed real-time HRV data, performed descriptive analyses, generated visualizations, and adapted its feedback in response to autonomic shifts induced by low and high cognitive load. \(\bf Discussion:\) This system represents an early prototype of bioadaptive AI, in which physiological signals are incorporated as part of the model's input context.

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