“OpenAI
boss Sam Altman wants to read your mind now, with sound waves and no surgery”
- Sam Altman (CEO of
OpenAI) is reportedly backing a new startup called Merge Labs.
- Merge Labs aims to
build a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) — one that uses sound
waves (ultrasound) and magnetic fields, instead of surgery, to read brain
activity.
- The proposed system
is “read-only” (at least initially): the goal is for you to think
something and have an AI respond — without needing electrodes implanted in
your skull.
- A key technical
figure associated: Mikhail Shapiro, biomolecular engineer at Caltech,
known for work on using ultrasound + gene therapy for neural interfaces.
Why it matters
- If successful, this
could revolutionise how humans interact with machines/AI — from voice or
typing, to thought-based commands.
- Non-invasive means
fewer risks (than surgical implants), potentially wider adoption and fewer
regulatory/ethical hurdles.
- For you, given your
interest/background (data, AI, visualization): this points to a future
where sensor data, brain signals, neural modelling become part of the tech
stack.
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