A man paralyzed from the chest down in a 2020 swimming accident has regained the ability to feed himself, drink, and feel touch through a brain-computer interface (BCI) that bypasses his spinal cord injury, showing lasting nervous system adaptations.
Cyberpunk's predicted future of high-tech, low-life has partially arrived with advancements like Neuralink and AI-powered tech, but the genre's anti-establishment spirit is now confronting the unintended consequence of powerful tech corporations dominating the internet and AI, sparking a new wave of resistance.
A San Francisco startup, Coherence Neuro, has begun human trials for its brain implant designed to detect and treat cancer. The coin-sized device was temporarily placed in three patients at Royal Melbourne Hospital, aiming to sense tumor electrical signals and deliver stimulation to prevent growth.
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, controls a sprawling network of businesses including SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company. His ventures, often close to collapse, have disrupted industries and achieved massive valuations, with SpaceX recently having the largest IPO ever.
A China-led research team has created a brain implant electrode array as soft as brain tissue, thinner than a hair, and highly durable. In animal trials, it recorded neural activity with long-term clarity for 18 months, overcoming the "hard-against-soft" issue that degrades signals from current rigid implants.
Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and the mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, took the stand on Wednesday as one of the most highly anticipated witnesses in Musk’s case against OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker has argued that, while Zilis worked with OpenAI between 2016 and 2023, she was also involved in a secret relationship with Musk, acting as an informant for him.Musk’s case against OpenAI alleges that the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, and president, Greg Brockman, co-founders of the company with Musk, broke a founding agreement when they restructured it from a non-profit to a for-profit enterprise. The Tesla CEO accuses Altman and Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves and wants both removed from their positions at the startup, one of the most valuable in the world. He is also seeking the undoing of the for-profit restructuring and $134bn in damages to be redistributed to OpenAI’s non-profit arm. Continue reading...
Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and the mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, took the stand on Wednesday as one of the most highly anticipated witnesses in Musk’s case against OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker has argued that, while Zilis worked with OpenAI between 2016 and 2023, she was also involved in a secret relationship with Musk, acting as an informant for him.Musk’s case against OpenAI alleges that the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, and president, Greg Brockman, co-founders of the company with Musk, broke a founding agreement when they restructured it from a non-profit to a for-profit enterprise. The Tesla CEO accuses Altman and Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves and wants both removed from their positions at the startup, one of the most valuable in the world. He is also seeking the undoing of the for-profit restructuring and $134bn in damages to be redistributed to OpenAI’s non-profit arm. Continue reading...
