DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane MEDICAL BREAKTHRU: AI BRAIN CHIPS RESTORE SPEECH Source: Stanford University & Stock Doctors at Stanford University using AI-enabled brain chips have performed a medical breakthrough: restoring the ability to speak in an ALS patient who lost that ability to the neurodegenerative disease 13 years ago Here are the facts: 68 year old Pat Bennett lost her ability to speak from ALS, the same disease that killed renowned scientist Stephen Hawking Doctors at Stanford University, as part of a clinical trial, implanted 4 small sensors with AI chips in her brain The AI chips allow her to communicate her thoughts directly from her mind onto a computer screen at 62 words per minute The new AI tech is 3xs faster than current technology It's called an intercortical brain computer interface This also took tremendous work on the p