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☆ Can you hack your brain? These companies are driving innovation in the field of brain stimulation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

These forms of deep brain stimulation require a surgical procedure during which electrodes — which generate electrical impulses to control any abnormal brain activity — are implanted into certain areas of the brain. With enough advancement in the field, doctors expect brain stimulation techniques for both severe disorders and health-and-wellness purposes will ultimately become noninvasive. Three major players There are only three companies with FDA-approved deep brain stimulation, or DBS, treatments: Medtronic , Abbott Laboratories and Boston Scientific . The spinal cord stimulation, or SCS, business is a hotbed of innovation right now, deep brain stimulation also is a key area." There is still plenty of doubt, however, about the efficacy of at-home brain stimulation devices, which offer a less direct approach to brain stimulation and don't always require FDA oversight.

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☆ Who's on the OpenAI board — the group behind Sam Altman's ouster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

On Friday, the board of OpenAI, the buzzy AI company behind viral chatbot ChatGPT, suddenly and publicly ousted its CEO Sam Altman. OpenAI's board said it conducted "a deliberative review process" and that Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities." She is an adjunct senior management scientist at Rand Corporation and has been on the OpenAI board since 2018. "While our partnership with Microsoft includes a multibillion-dollar investment, OpenAI remains an entirely independent company governed by the OpenAI Nonprofit," OpenAI has publicly stated. On that day, Altman told Nadella, "I think we have the best partnership in tech and I'm excited for us to build AGI together."

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☆ AI is fueling transformative new brain-health technology to detect and prevent cognitive decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Hazel Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The global population is aging, presenting new challenges related to cognitive decline. One startup is building an AI tool to identify potential cognitive decline based on driving behavior. AdvertisementAs the global population ages, the challenges associated with cognitive decline become more prominent. However, cutting-edge technologies are emerging to address these challenges, with companies developing novel tools designed to detect, prevent, and manage cognitive decline. The convergence of AI, medical technology, and neurotech is leading the fight against cognitive decline.

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☆ An Epic Pilgrimage Across Three Great Religions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Aatish Taseer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

Before there was tourism, there was pilgrimage: a trip of endurance, hardship and ecstasy in celebration of one’s faith. On an epic pilgrimage of his own, one writer ventures into the heart of three great religions in Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq. The Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala the day after Ashura. “They’re poor, but they come thousands of kilometers for the love of Imam Hussein.” PILGRIMAGE WAS A great equalizer. “Labaik ya Hussein,” came the solemn chorus of surrounding voices.

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☆ Extended reality is helping solve some of marketing's biggest challenges by creating memorable, immersive customer experiences
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nicholas Fearn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A range of XR tech is available for marketingMarketers have a range of XR technologies to choose from when developing immersive marketing campaigns. Apple is one company that's "pushing the boundaries" of XR-based marketing, Van Belleghem said. XR to the rescueXR technology is also helping marketers solve many of their biggest day-to-day challenges. XR technology also makes scalability easier, Van Belleghem said, because it provides a "scale that real-life events simply cannot match." Getting XR marketing campaigns rightAn essential first step in successful XR-based marketing is to understand the target audience and ensure campaigns provide value to customers' lives, said Rogers.

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☆ Elon Musk's plan to implant chips into people's brains is eerily similar to a 2015 British spy movie featuring an eccentric billionaire played by Samuel L. Jackson
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk's brain chips are eerily similar to the plot of 2015 movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service." In it, Samuel L. Jackson plays an eccentric billionaire who tries to control the world using neural implants. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisement"Kingsman: The Secret Service," which stars Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, and Taron Egerton, features a similar neural implant as a key plot point.

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☆ Opinion | The War Between Israel and Hamas Is Splintering the Democratic Coalition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Thomas B. Edsall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

These young voters faulted Israel’s response to the attacks, 52-32 percent. This wartime shift represents a fundamental break within a liberal coalition that has long powered the Democratic Party. Clearly, the most left-leaning young adults have the lowest rating of Israel. The Arab American Institute commissioned John Zogby Strategies to conduct a survey of 500 Arab Americans between Oct. 23 and Oct. 27. In this poll, 32 percent of Arab Americans identified as Republican as opposed to just 23 percent who identified as Democrats.

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☆ Grimes scolded a nightclub full of of AI evangelists — then promptly DJ'd for them
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Grimes was the DJ at an AI party centered on "effective accelerationism," or faster tech development. "KEEP AI OPEN," the website read. "I disagree with the sentiment of this party," Grimes said, according to The San Francisco Standard. ☄️🫡⚔️ — Grimes (@Grimezsz) November 7, 2023In general, Grimes has said she is a supporter of AI. The billionaire was one of several AI experts to sign an open letter earlier this year calling for a pause on training AI systems.

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☆ Google researchers deal a major blow to the theory AI is about to outsmart humans
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The race to build AI as smart as humans, or AGI, looks like it suffered a major blow. Google researchers found the transformer technology behind AI isn't very good at generalizing. AdvertisementAdvertisementGoogle researchers may have just given a major reality check to the ambitions of CEOs in chase of AI's holy grail. As it stands, AI is pretty good at specific tasks but less great at transferring skills across domains like humans do. AdvertisementAdvertisementTransformers' opacity and the scale of the data they're pretrained on gave some the illusion that they generalize beyond it.

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☆ Tesla is hiring a bunch of designers so it can start selling humanoid robots by 2027
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's desire to launch Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus, by 2027 may be closer to reality. Tesla's website shows more than 50 adverts for roles with Tesla Bot in the title. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk has high aspirations for Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus. Some of the roles listed, which are to be based in Palo Alto, California, include "Humanoid Controls Engineer, Tesla Bot," "Systems Design & Integration Engineer, Tesla Bot," and various other Tesla Bot engineers. But with some US-based competitors already testing humanoid robots in warehouses, Tesla may have some catching up to do.

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☆ Experimental spinal cord implant helps Parkinson’s patient walk in new study
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In a new study, Gauthier was surgically implanted with an experimental spinal cord neuroprosthesis to correct walking disorders in people with Parkinson’s disease. Marc Gauthier, 63, who has Parkinson's disease, was treated with a spinal cord neuroprosthesis for his locomotor symptoms. Then, Gauthier was invited to participate in the new study to test the experimental spinal cord neuroprosthesis. Next, they implanted an array of electrodes against the lower region of Gauthier’s spinal cord to target those zones. “With this spinal cord stimulation, we still have an effect, but we have to fight against worse and more severe symptoms,” Bloch said.

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☆ Elon Musk says his new startup xAI will debut its artificial intelligence Saturday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Elon Musk said Friday that his AI company, xAI, will debut its technology on Saturday. "Tomorrow, xAI will release its first AI to a select group," Musk posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. In August, xAI seemed to be hiring, according to posts on social media by multiple members of the company. Musk incorporated xAI in Nevada in March, according to filings.

Persons: Elon Musk, xAI, Musk, Bard, Claude, Tesla, DeepMind's AlphaCode, OpenAI's, Greg Yang, Toby Pohlen, Dan Hendrycks Organizations: Google, Nvidia, Team, DeepMind, Google Research, Microsoft Research, Twitter, CNBC, Fox News Channel, xAI, X, X Corp, Center, AI Safety Locations: Nevada, San Francisco

☆ Arm is at the forefront of the AI revolution. Here's how it's powering billions of devices, from smartphones to cloud servers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Arm With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 1990, Arm (NASDAQ: ARM), then a startup based in Cambridge, UK, filled the void with high-performance, power-efficient, and small form-factor processor technology for battery-run products. The processor architecture was so robust that AI functions could be built into the devices themselves – voice, touch, and facial recognition. Delivering the right compute, from cloud to edgeEnormous cloud data centers process most of the world's big AI workloads today because they can do so more efficiently at scale. Arm technology is also designed to follow and support AI workloads as they increasingly get distributed outside the cloud to edge devices. As the most pervasive CPU architecture ever, Arm is at the forefront of the AI/ML revolution, powering billions of devices from smartphones to cloud servers.

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The U.N. last week created a 39-member advisory body to address issues in the international governance of AI. "We need to examine the landscape of existing governance responses across borders, and then see where the gaps are and how we can connect the governance responses together so that there are no gaps," Gill said. Gill, appointed by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres as tech envoy last year, is tasked with coordination across the U.N. on tech issues, ranging from AI to neural technologies. Guterres had in June backed a proposal by some AI executives for the creation of an international AI watchdog body like the International Atomic Energy Agency. The AI body, co-chaired by Spanish digital minister Carme Artigas and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) James Manyika, will have at least three in-person meetings and several virtual meetings.

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☆ Longevity doctor shares No. 1 supplement he's been taking every day to 'slow down aging'—and how he feels now
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Neil Paulvin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It can stimulate stem cell production. It can help repair DNA. It can lower blood pressure. Taurine has demonstrated the potential to lower blood pressure through several mechanisms. Taurine has also been shown to inhibit the release of stress hormones like cortisol, which can raise blood pressure.

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☆ Lab models of human embryos raise hopes and concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

From the moment sperm fuses with an egg, human embryo development involves a string of complex and little understood processes. What happens during human embryo development, particularly in the crucial first month, remains largely unknown. However, 14 days is an important milestone because it is when permitted lab research on cultured human embryos routinely ends. He said, in the future, it might be possible to go as far as 40 days with human embryo models. Some in the field envision a “tipping point” wherein human embryo models might be afforded some protection like those surrounding human embryos, as scientific advances diminish the differences between the embryo models and their real-life counterparts.

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☆ Google Maps just got another update, here's what's new
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Jake Piazza | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Google Maps is expanding preexisting features and unveiling some new ones, according to a Thursday announcement. The company said artificial intelligence allowed for improvements to Google Maps' EV charging station feature, more specific recommendations of nearby activities and more in-depth visualization. New ways to search for things to doGoogle Maps is offering new ways for people to search for activities to do near them as well. Instead of getting a random list of activities near you, Google Maps will return a categorized list of activities grouped by topic. So, Google said, if you search for things to do in Tokyo, you will get responses such as "anime," "cherry blossoms" and "art exhibitions," and you can get more granular from there.

Persons: Chris Phillips, Google's Organizations: Google Locations: Tokyo

☆ A quick explainer on Silicon Valley's newest, controversial philosophy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's an old Silicon Valley philosophy packaged anew: Growth without guardrails. Silicon Valley enters the age of e/accAndreessen and other prominent Silicon Valley figures such as Y Combinator president Garry Tan have quietly added the term e/acc to their social media profiles. In his manifesto, Andreessen calls it "techno-optimism." To some extent, it's a repackaging of what Silicon Valley has always peddled — let us build, grow, and make money without limitations. "Techno-optimists believe growth is progress," Andreessen argues, adding that growth is driven by the progress of technology without hindrance.

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☆ Meta's unique approach to developing AI puzzles Wall Street, but techies love it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

If the world's leading AI researchers use Llama, Meta could have an easier time hiring skilled technologists who understand the company's approach to development. Spisak helped oversee PyTorch and other open source AI projects when he worked at Meta from 2018 until January 2023. Although a number of open source LLMs are available, Lambert said Llama 2 is by far the most popular. "Facebook was not and that's sort of how they move forward and democratizing this, giving sort of broad access to open source. However, open source doesn't always win, and Padval acknowledged that "in this case, I don't know how it's going to evolve."

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A bewildering array of new terms has accompanied the rise of artificial intelligence, a technology that aims to mimic human thinking. From generative AI to machine learning, neural nets and hallucinations, we’ve gained a whole new vocabulary. Here’s a guide to some of the most important concepts behind AI to help demystify one of the most impactful technology revolutions of our lifetime:

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☆ A 'godfather of AI' says he's worried about AI eventually manipulating humans
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Hinton voiced some alarming concerns about AI in a "60 Minutes" interview. The AI "godfather" says the tech is learning better than humans — and has the potential to do bad. AdvertisementAdvertisementAll that AI is missing now, Hinton said, is the self-awareness to know how to use its intelligence to manipulate humans. They'll know how to do it"And of course, there's the concern of using AI to replace people in jobs, generate fake news, and unintended bias going undetected. He recently expressed regret for his role in advancing AI, but said on "60 Minutes" he had no regrets for the good it can do.

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☆ 'Godfather of AI,' ex-Google researcher: AI might 'escape control' by rewriting its own code to modify itself
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Geoffrey Hinton, the computer scientist known as a "Godfather of AI," says artificial intelligence-enhanced machines "might take over" if humans aren't careful. "One of the ways these systems might escape control is by writing their own computer code to modify themselves," said Hinton. Humans, including scientists like himself who helped build today's AI systems, still don't fully understand how the technology works and evolves, Hinton said. As Hinton described it, scientists design algorithms for AI systems to pull information from data sets, like the internet. Pichai and other AI experts don't seem nearly as concerned as Hinton about humans losing control.

Persons: Geoffrey Hinton, Hinton, Sundar Pichai, Yann LeCun Organizations: CBS, Google Locations: Hinton

☆ Neuralink competitor Precision Neuroscience buys factory to build its brain implants
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In this article BLK Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTEmployees working in Precision's manufacturing facility Courtesy: Precision NeuroscienceNeurotech startup Precision Neuroscience announced Thursday it has acquired a factory in Dallas, where it will build the key component of its brain implant, the Layer 7 Cortical Interface. Precision said the manufacturing plant is the only facility capable of producing its "sophisticated" electrode array. Stephanie Rider of Precision Neuroscience inspects the company's microelectrode array Source: Precision NeuroscienceAs a member of the fast-growing brain-computer interface (BCI) industry, Precision is developing its technology alongside other companies like Synchron, Paradromics, Blackrock Neurotech and Elon Musk's Neuralink. At the request of the seller, a Japanese multinational corporation, Precision declined to share how much the manufacturing facility cost. Employees working in Precision's manufacturing facility Courtesy: Precision Neuroscience

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☆ This AI company wants to help you control your dreams
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It's a tech startup building what the company calls the "world's first wearable device for stabilizing lucid dreams." Lucid dreams occur when a person sleeping becomes aware they're dreaming and may be able to control parts of the dream. Humane AI, a company founded in 2017 by former Apple employees, debuted its wearable — the AI Pin — on the runway last week at Paris Fashion Week. And famed iPhone designer Jony Ive and OpenAI's Sam Altman are also reportedly discussing an AI hardware project. The co-founders have the type of lofty dreams typical of a modern-era tech startup, with Wollberg comparing the company to OpenAI.

Persons: Eric Wollberg, Wesley Berry, Wollberg, Berry, Grimes, BoxGroup, Card79, Jony, Sam Altman, Prometheus Organizations: a16z's Scout Fund, Plaid, Elon, Apple, Paris Fashion, Donders Institute for Brain, Radboud University Locations: Netherlands

☆ Leaked audio: Google cofounder Sergey Brin made a rare appearance at an all-hands to hype up the company's AI work and the incoming 'technology revolution'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Google's cofounder Sergey Brin is back at the search giant — and that includes hyping up its AI work at "TGIF" meetings. Brin appeared onstage during a special 25th-anniversary edition of Google's monthly all-hands meeting (known as "TGIF," or Thank God It's Friday) on September 26. A recording seen by Insider shows Brin receiving rapturous applause from employees. "I didn't want to say anything because I trust Jeff," Brin added. "When we started, it was actually on Fridays and then it made its way to Tuesday," Brin said.

Persons: Sergey Brin, Brin, Larry Page, Sundar Pichai, Google's, Douglas Adams, Jeff Dean, Andrew Ng, Dean, Jeff, " Brin, anyone's Organizations: Google, Street Journal Locations: View , California

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