Sam Altman's Next Startup Eyes Using Sound Waves to Read Your Brain
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Sam Altman's new startup, Merge Labs, is developing a brain-computer interface using sound waves, sparking interest and some concerns about the technology's potential applications and implications.
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Some of these "smartest guys in the room" can't smell their own brain feces. It reeks of Enron and the days prior to the 2009 meltdown.