Scientists have demonstrated that human brain cells grown on a microchip can learn to play id Software’s classic first-person ...

In 2022, Cortical Labs demonstrated a culture of lab-grown human brain cells playing Pong. Now the company claims it has trained its CL-1 chip, composed of 200,000 neurons, to play Doom. Data from the ...

The CL1 is the first commercial system from the same researchers who wowed the tech world in 2022 by teaching a cluster of ...

The actions of AI large language models are concerning—but broadly similar to human decision-makers, who have used nuclear ...

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...

Perplexity launches Computer, a $200-per-month AI agent that orchestrates 19 models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google — raising big questions about profitability, platform risk, and the future of ...

Using the age-old medium of Doom, boffins just gave us a look into our cyborg future by making the game run on wetware ...

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A groundbreaking computational physics framework has demonstrated that the three-dimensional fabric of the universe can be generated from scratch using a simple algorithm with exactly zero free ...

Putting humans and LLMs head-to-head in classic tests of judgment from human psychology underscores the differences between ...

Your brain calculates complex physics every day and you don't even notice. This neuromorphic chip taps into the same idea.

The simulation hypothesis suggests reality itself might be artificial, but that raises a far more unsettling question. If the universe is simulated, could it be tested exploited or even controlled ...