"Breakthrough: Australian Military Funds Human-Brain Cell Integrated Computer Chip"

The Australian military is funding a project to grow intelligent "mini-brains" in petri dishes, known as DishBrains, with the goal of designing better AIs and eventually merging them with human brain cells. Researchers at Monash University in Australia have already trained brain organoids to play Pong by stimulating electrodes in certain parts of the array to indicate the path of the ball and the location of the paddle. The next step is to address the issue of catastrophic forgetting in AI algorithms and develop systems capable of continual learning. Ultimately, the researchers aim to replace traditional computer chips with intelligent organoids to create advanced biocomputers. However, scaling up the number of cells in brain organoids and increasing their complexity remain significant challenges.