Australian DishBrain researchers receive more than $400K to merge AI with human brain cells

Doctors believe artificial intelligence is now saving lives, after a major advancement in breast cancer screenings. A.I. is detecting early signs of the disease, in some cases years before doctors would find the cancer on a traditional scan. A team of researchers in Australia has been awarded more than $403,000 in federal funding to merge human brain cells with artificial intelligence. Melbourne's Monash University, which led the research into growing human brain cells on silicon chips, said in a release that the money came from the National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants Program. The program was led by Turner Institute Associate Professor Adeel Razi and is a collaboration with start-up Cortical Labs.