Australian company Cortical Labs has successfully connected lab-grown human neurons to a biocomputer and taught them to play the classic game Doom. These neurons, derived from adult donors’ skin and blood cells, outperformed GPT-4 in reaction speed and latency. The biocomputer platform, CL1, is accessible via the cloud, with an SDK in development, and is marketed primarily for medical research such as modeling neurodegenerative diseases and drug testing.

While the neurons show learning-like behavior, ethical and legal boundaries regarding consciousness and biological models remain unclear as the technology advances.

Source: Cortical Labs