Elon Musk's Neuralink Just Implanted Third Patient With Brain Device 🧠

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Elon Musk announced that a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, with plans for significantly more implants in 2025.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Musk Says Neuralink Implanted Third Patient With Brain Device 🧠

• OpenAI Presents Blueprint for AI Regulation and U.S. Leadership

• AI Tutorial: How to animate your images with AI

• AI Tools to check out

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

• AI Findings/Resources

AI News

NEURALINK

Musk Says Neuralink Implanted Third Patient With Brain Device 🧠

Elon Musk has revealed that a third person has received a Neuralink brain implant, marking another step forward for the company's brain-computer interface technology. Neuralink, which aims to connect the human brain to machines, is part of a growing field working to push the boundaries of how technology can assist those with neurological challenges.

Details:

• Musk stated that Neuralink now has three patients who have received brain implants, with all devices reportedly "working well."

• Since the first implant, Neuralink has upgraded its devices, improving the number of electrodes, bandwidth, and battery life.

• Neuralink received permission from US regulators to begin testing its device in people in 2023. Since then, the first two patients, paralyzed after spinal cord injuries, have been shown using the technology to control devices, even playing video games.

• The company hopes to implant the experimental devices in 20 to 30 more people this year.

Neuralink isn’t the only player seeing potential in BCI technology. Over 45 brain-computer interface trials are currently underway globally, with other companies, such as Synchron and Blackrock Neurotech, using less invasive or alternative approaches.

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OPENAI

OpenAI Presents Blueprint for AI Regulation and U.S. Leadership

OpenAI has released a detailed "economic blueprint" outlining its vision for AI regulation and development in the U.S.

Details:

• OpenAI urges the U.S. government to dramatically increase spending on chips, energy, and data infrastructure to support AI development. It also backs the expansion of renewable energy and nuclear power for future data centers.

• The blueprint suggests creating best practices for deploying AI models, streamlining collaborations with national security agencies, and limiting AI exports to adversarial nations.

• It also argues that developers should be able to use publicly available information, including copyrighted material, for model training, while ensuring protections for content creators.

• OpenAI promotes the economic benefits of AI infrastructure development, saying, “This will create tens of thousands of skilled-trade jobs, boost local economies through spending and indirect job creation, and modernize our energy grid in the near term.”

• The startup has also cautioned that the United States risks losing an estimated $175 billion in global investment for AI projects to China-backed initiatives.

While its proposals may spark debate, they underscore the company’s ambition to remain a central player in the development of U.S. AI policy and global leadership in the field.

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AI Tools to check out

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AI Findings/Resources

💻 How HP sees the era of the AI PC | Alex Cho

💼 10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025

🔮 6 tech trends from CES 2025 that will define the next era

⭐ Some of the best ideas, products and services of CES 2025

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