AI Science and Medicine News: Week Ending 02/23/2024

March 2, 2024

“Meta’s neural interface works by electromyography (EMG), which tracks signals from the brain that pass through the wrist https://t.co/1JR0TNieHX” / X – https://twitter.com/tsarnick/status/1760105123550994453

“Elon also revealed that the first human Neuralink patient has fully recovered and can now control a computer mouse with just their thoughts. Neuralink is now working on “trying to get as many button presses as possible from thinking” https://t.co/BaEo2gae96″ / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1760170029994144130

Musk claims Neuralink patient doing OK with implant, can move mouse with brain | Ars Technica – https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/musk-claims-neuralink-patient-doing-ok-with-implant-can-move-mouse-with-brain/

Avoiding fusion plasma tearing instability with deep reinforcement learning | Nature – https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07024-9

Bioptimus | News: Ex-Google DeepMind and Owkin scientists team up to create Bioptimus to build the first universal AI foundation model for biology – https://www.bioptimus.com/news/ex-google-deepmind-and-owkin-scientists-team-up-to-create-bioptimus-to-build-the-first-universal-ai-foundation-model-for-biology

Mind-reading devices are revealing the brain’s secrets – https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00481-2

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AI News #21: Week Ending 02/23/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 36 Stories

The post you just read is an extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.

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