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I think while medical uses for brain interfaces are really widely acknowledged, Merge Labs, it looks like it's kind of more focused on a broader vision that has been really interesting to Silicon Valley.

It's been quite fascinating to them for a long time, but that vision kind of centers on blending human biology with AI to enhance intelligence, right?

So Neuralink, it felt like it's kind of helping people with disabilities, whereas this feels more like a superpower AI inside of your brain.

I had this really crazy blog post they put out and they were essentially just announcing like this deal and how they were gonna invest in the company and stuff.

But something they said there just really was like crazy to me.

You know, they're like, this is a new way for people to communicate and learn and interact with technology.

The thing that was really crazy to me is they said that it was a more natural and human-centered interface for AI systems.

Like, really, going straight into my brain via an ultrasound is a more natural way to interface with AI.

In any case...

Merge Labs' founding team is, I think, reflecting Sam Altman's kind of wider network.

In addition to him, they also have leaders from Tools for Humanity, which is a company behind the eye scanning world orbs that he has, as well as founders from an implant brain technology startup and researchers from the California Institute of Technology.

As part of this investment, he is planning to work closely with them on kind of these advanced AI models and research tools.

I'm sure he's just going to give them like a lot of resources from open AI.

It's kind of like how Elon Musk is really involved with Neuralink and anytime they have a big new product announcement, it's like Elon Musk is out there doing it and it kind of gets good PR, but

Obviously, Elon Musk isn't there day-to-day like training the models.

So I think it's going to be the same thing with Sam Altman.

Right now, OpenAI is arguing that AI can speed up the progress in neuroscience and kind of like bioengineering and device design and that these kind of brain interfaces themselves are going to need AI systems capable of interpreting this messy, incomplete brain signals and adopting it to individual users.

If you want to put that a little bit more simply, essentially Merge Labs is going to eventually become a hands-free way to control OpenAI software, and then it's just directed with your brain.

So you're just chilling and you just think like, chat GPT, how do you X, Y, Z, and then poof, it pops in your head.

I mean...