OpenAI has invested in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface (BCI) startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The startup ...

OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The ...

OpenAI-backed Merge Labs is working to safely interface biology, hardware devices, and AI at higher bandwidth.

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are emerging as a groundbreaking technology that has the potential to revolutionize the way humans interact with machines. By bridging the gap between human cognition ...

A review published in Advanced Science highlights the evolution of research related to implantable brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs), which decode brain signals that are then translated into commands ...

In the 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix, “plugging in” symbolized digital enslavement. In 2025, for a paraplegia patient in Beijing, it became liberation. ..

In September 2024, California quietly set a precedent. Lawmakers passed SB 1223, an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that classifies neural ...

Could a future exist where the brain and artificial intelligence systems communicate as effortlessly as a smartphone connecting to Wi-Fi? This may sound like science fiction, but researchers are ...

Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read ...