Neuralink team develops 8 brain-computer interface features in 72 hours

Oct 30

1. 15:52

   36Kr · AI

   Neuralink Connects Grok to the Brain: ALS Patient Controls AI Agent with Thoughts

   Neuralink has announced its latest progress: Kenneth, a patient with ALS, silently thinks "Hey Neuralink" and formulates a task in his mind, which then wakes up the Grok agent on his computer to autonomously execute the operation. The team conducted a 72-hour development sprint at the subject's home, producing 8 functional prototypes, including neural voice activity detection (VAD) that requires no manual switch, a system-level brain-computer input method called BCI Keyboard Dictation, and a mobile app called Bloom. Kenneth also used speech generated by the brain-computer interface to connect to the iPhone call audio stream, making a phone call to his wife with his thoughts for the first time in seven years.

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2. 14:00

   cnBeta

   Neuralink Subject Uses Thoughts to Wake Grok Agent and Control Computer

   During a 72-hour hackathon, the Neuralink team developed 8 functional prototypes for P21 subject Kenneth, including the ability to silently think "Hey Neuralink" in his mind and think through a task to trigger the Grok agent to operate the computer autonomously. The team also rewrote the neural voice activity detection system to achieve pure thought-based speech decoding without button presses, and routed the decoded speech into the iPhone call microphone audio stream, enabling this ALS patient to call his wife using only his thoughts. In addition, the dedicated app Bloom supports placing orders by thought in a café, and a system-level brain-computer input method allows text entry in any app.

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3. 14:00

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4. 12:59

   Phoenix Technology

   Neuralink Connects Grok to the Brain: ALS Patient Controls AI and Makes a Phone Call With His Thoughts

   Neuralink has announced its latest progress: Kenneth, a patient with ALS, silently thinks "Hey Neuralink" and states a task in his mind, which wakes up the Grok Agent on his computer to autonomously carry out operations. The team conducted a 72-hour development sprint at the participant's home, producing 8 technical prototypes, including neural voice activity detection that requires no manual switch, a system-level brain-computer input method called BCI Keyboard Dictation, and a mobile app called Bloom. Kenneth also connected speech decoded by the brain-computer interface to the iPhone call audio stream, and after seven years, made a phone call to his wife using his thoughts.

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5. 12:06

   Elon Musk

   Neuralink's first product is named Telepathy, with claims that output bandwidth will far exceed speech and typing

   Neuralink's first product is called Telepathy, which can enable high-speed communication with a computer or other people through thought. Elon Musk stated that its output bandwidth will, within a few years, far exceed the fastest human speech or typing speed. The tweet cited a post about Neuralink engineers holding a 72-hour hackathon for a speech restoration research participant, rapidly prototyping multiple thought-communication features.

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