Scientists just taught hundreds of thousands of neurons in a dish to play Pong. Using a series of strategically timed and placed electrical zaps, the neurons not only learned the game in a virtual ...

Do 800,000 human and rodent neurons in a dish in Melbourne, Australia, playing Pong (and doing it well) qualify as intelligent? Enter the neuro-nitpicking paradise if you must. The achievement is far ...

(CN) — Researchers in Australia show that gaming is for everyone, even a layer of brain cells hooked up to a computer chip. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Neuron, researchers present ...

A longstanding goal of artificial intelligence research is to develop artificial general intelligence—that is, the sort of conscious or humanlike AI seen in science fiction. Engineers frequently ...

Physical activity causes a type of brain cell called astrocytes to contract, which then leads to the formation of new neurons ...

SALT LAKE CITY, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Intactis Bio launched the Biostack Alpha, a video game in which allows anyone to compete against living human neurons grown in the lab. A player sits on ...