OpenAI's Sam Altman is reportedly throwing his hat in the ring on a burgeoning tech field – combining AI models with brain implants. Altman is looking to invest in a company that will be called Merge Labs, with most of the funds coming from OpenAI’s ventures team. Altman mused about developing a "true high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces." More generally, however, OpenAI and its rivals are "building a brain for the world [that] will be extremely personalized and easy for everyone to use," he wrote. Those "brains" are still housed in gadgets – phones, social media, and search engines – that are exterior to the body. Putting a tech-filled implant into our brains, a vital organ, is on a whole other level. OpenAI has little experience there; it doesn't make or sell hardware, although Altman plans to develop an unknown AI device with ex-Apple designer Jony Ivy. #samaltman #openai #neuralink #brainimplant #technews Like what you're reading? Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add...