Australian DishBrain team wins $600,000 grant to merge AI with human brain cells

Team exploring field of synthetic biological intelligence hopes to create ‘better AI machines’ – despite concerns over the ‘existential risks’ of such technologyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastResearch into merging human brain cells with artificial intelligence has received a $600,000 grant from defence and the Office of National Intelligence (ONI).The research team, l