Sam Altman's Merge Labs Aims to Rival Neuralink with Brain-Computer Interfaces
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Dominic Preston
9mo ago· 1 min readenNews
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Summary
Sam Altman and OpenAI are backing a new startup, Merge Labs, which focuses on developing brain-computer interfaces, positioning it as a direct competitor to Elon Musk's Neuralink. Altman has long been interested in the concept of merging humans and machines, as evidenced by his 2017 blog post on the topic.
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Altman wrote about 'the merge' between humans and machines on his personal blog back in 2017, and connects it pretty directly to his work at OpenAI.
The merge can take a lot of forms.
Merge Labs is a new Neuralink rival developing brain-computer interfaces.
