Neurons in a Dish Play Doom on a Brain-In-A-Vat Chip
A Cortical Labs demo shows 200,000 human neurons on a multi-electrode array controlling a Doom-like game by translating on-screen data into electrical stimuli; the neurons respond and can learn, hinting at future brain-in-a-dish AI capabilities. The footage raises ethical questions about cell sourcing and ownership, and Cortical Labs is offering a Cortical Cloud API for developers, with the caveat that the footage depicts Freedoom rather than the original Doom.