Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney built a non-invasive cap that reads brain signals and decodes what you're trying to say. It hits 75% accuracy now and aims for 90%. Unlike Neuralink, no surgery required.
Scientists at the University of Technology Sydney have been working on an AI powered thinking cap that can turn your thoughts into text. Here's how it works. The cap reads your neural signals using these sensors placed on your head. Then they trained an AI model on hours of brain activity paired with speech, so the model can decode what you're trying to say just through your brain waves. No implant required. The researchers say their thinking cap is achieving about 75% accuracy right now, and they're aiming for 90%, which is similar to what the implanted models like Neuralink achieve. But these kinds of tools in general could be a huge deal for people with conditions like ALS or stroke patients who have lost their ability to speak. I mean, it's not quite telepathy, but it's kind of like reading your mind, which is pretty amazing.
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