A battle is looming not just over privacy, but the future of the human species.

No, this isn’t science fiction. Real-life researchers taught a dish of roughly 200,000 living human brain cells to play the classic 1990s computer game “Doom.” Experts at Cortical Labs, an Australian ...

As traditional computer chips reach their physical limits and artificial intelligence demands more energy than ever, ...

In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a grain of sand, can receive electrical signals and respond to them — much as ...

The device could help address multiple neurological conditions if it proves successful. One early use could be delivering gentle electrical stimulation to damaged brain or spinal cord cells to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. We stand at the cusp of a massive technology paradigm shift that ...

Brandon Patterson hasn’t moved his fingers in nine years due to a spinal cord ...

Startups have developed chips that allow people to control machines with their thoughts. Billionaires are betting these brain ...

In September 2024, California quietly set a precedent. Lawmakers passed SB 1223, an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that classifies neural ...

Explore how brain computer interface technology and advanced brain-computer interfaces are transforming digital interaction, potentially replacing traditional keyboards and screens with thought-driven ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. It is not possible to understand the long-term future of artificial ...