Nikon D850 photo, a modern living room during the evening, bathed in warm, natural light filtering through large windows. The room is stylish and minimally decorated, emphasizing comfort and technology. In the center, a person is seated in a contemporary chair, eyes closed, with a subtle, futuristic headband. This headband glows softly, indicating activation. Around them, various home appliances and screens display changing settings and interfaces, suggesting they are being controlled by the person's thoughts alone. The atmosphere is calm and inviting, showcasing the potential of neural interface technology to blend seamlessly into our daily lives. The technology appears integrated and unobtrusive, highlighting the advanced yet harmonious interaction between humans and AI. --ar 16:9

Twitter/X/Grok: Week Ending 03/22/2024

March 22, 2024

“@SmokeAwayyy Optimus limbs, replacing lost human limbs, could ultimately be controlled with superhuman dexterity by an implanted Neuralink. Deus Ex / Cyberpunk irl.” / X – https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1770705794117574692

“The largest ever open LLM, trained by a world class team, dropped by a magnet link. Apache 2.0. I wonder what it feels like to be out-opened by @grok. 314B, mixture of expert (2 out of 8 active). Even the active parameters only (86B) is more than the biggest Llama. Can’t wait… https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1769490454201114862

GitHub – xai-org/grok-1: Grok open release – https://github.com/xai-org/grok-1

“🚨 The open sourced Grok is out! – 314 Billion parameters – Mixture of 8 experts – 300 GB https://twitter.com/_Borriss_/status/1769451000643850625

“@elonmusk @xai ░W░E░I░G░H░T░S░I░N░B░I░O░” / X – https://twitter.com/grok/status/1769441648910479423

Neuralink live stream demo

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https://twitter.com/neuralink/status/1770563939413496146?s=20

Here’s a video of the first human Neuralink patient controlling a computer with his thoughts – https://www.engadget.com/heres-a-video-of-the-first-human-neuralink-patient-controlling-a-computer-with-his-thoughts-235659486.html

“Elon Musk and xAI just released the weights + architecture of Grok-1. It’s a massive 314B parameter language model that’s 2x the size of GPT-3.5. Big win for collaborative and transparent AI development, and nice to see Elon walking the walk. https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1769509605585952984

“The first human Neuralink patient, who is paralysed, is able to control a computer and play chess just by thinking. https://twitter.com/cb_doge/status/1770569664923303959

“Neuralink was kind enough to open their doors for me to tour their headquarters a few weeks back. It was an amazing experience and a day I’ll never forget. This was at a company wide meeting at the end of the day. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Hope y’all enjoy!… https://twitter.com/ModdedQuad/status/1771298116719002100

Watch Neuralink’s First Human Subject Demonstrate His Brain-Computer Interface | WIRED – https://archive.md/Zy0Nr

Open Release of Grok-1 – https://x.ai/blog/grok-os

“BREAKING: Elon Musk just announced that Blindsight is the next Neuralink product after Telepathy. Its aim will be to work on restoring the vision of someone who was born blind. https://twitter.com/cb_doge/status/1770581009576165720?s=20

Elon Musk buying Nvidia hardware even as Tesla aims to build AI rival – https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/21/elon-musk-buying-nvidia-hardware-even-as-tesla-aims-to-build-ai-rival.html

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