New AI chip that uses human brain tissue just got military funding
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Not only have science experiments proven that human brain cells can learn faster than AI, but some scientists are now even utilizing brain cells in the use of their AI chips, making them faster and stronger than ever.Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice.Last year, researchers from Monash University created what they dubbed the DishBrain, a semi-biological AI chip that introduced human and mouse brain cells into its design. The DishBrain was exceptionally promising, learning to play a version of Pong in just five minutes.That promise could be harnessed even more going forward, too, as a project surrounding this human brain AI chip has received a grant of $407,000 from Australias National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants Program. It could also have implications across several fields, including robotics, planning, advanced automation, drug discovery, and brain-machine interfaces.This could, ultimately, underpin an entirely new generation of machine learning that is even more powerful than what were seeing with things like OpenAI, Googles attempts at AI, and whatever Apple might have cooking. The researchers say they will be using the grant to develop more advanced AI machines that can replicate the learning capacity of biological neural networks.