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    Brain implant translates thoughts to speech in an instant

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    1. nimicdoareu on

      A brain-reading implant that translates neural signals into audible speech has allowed a woman with paralysis to hear what she intends to say nearly instantly.

      Researchers enhanced the device — known as a brain–computer interface (BCI) — with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that decoded sentences as the woman thought of them, and then spoke them out loud using a synthetic voice.

      Unlike previous efforts, which could produce sounds only after users finished an entire sentence, the current approach can simultaneously detect words and turn them into speech within three seconds.

    2. WhatTheFuqDuq on

      Dude.. my mouth could do that already. Mine’s just buggy and keeps saying dumb stuff.

    5. emchang3 on

      Huge L for thought privacy, nobody with working vocal cords would willingly get this.

      I could see it being abused for interrogations though.

      Maybe install it on convicted sex offenders along with some sort of monitoring system.

    6. Corsair4 on

      This is incredibly impressive, and a nice step forward for the field. Being able to help people recover from injuries and improve their quality of life is what this sort of technology is all about.

    7. tboy160 on

      Love hearing about medical advancements that offer opportunities never thought possible to people.

      Science BABY!!

    8. mostafakm on

      Finally. I prompt my implant to carry out a brainrot conversation with my kids, while I day dream about studio ghibli memes. And simultaneously prompt my other implant to vibe code a 6 figure passive income SaaS app. While my figure robot cleans the house house.

    11. ThMogget on

      So… can it discern between thoughts intended for speech and thoughts intended to be private?