At TED 2026 in Vancouver last month, D. Scott Phoenix made a proclamation. “We’re on the cusp of the next major transition,” he said, “the merger of humans and AI.” ...

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- A patient with ALS in the United States is the first person in the world to use Amazon Alexa via an implantable brain computer interface to interact with and control his environment. NEW ...

New York-based Synchron, a brain-computer interface (BCI) company, has raised $200 million in Series D funding, bringing its total raise to $345 million. Double Point Ventures led the round, with ...

OpenAI Group PBC has invested in Merge Labs Inc., a startup developing hardware that will enable users to control computers with their thoughts. Merge Labs is building a brain-computer interface, or ...

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A new brain implant now lets people control Apple devices, such as iPads, iPhones and the Vision Pro, using only their thoughts. Synchron, an endovascular brain-computer interface (BCI) company based ...

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 ...

SHANGHAI -- Chinese startup NeuroXess on Thursday reported two significant clinical-trial milestones: its flexible ...