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A few months ago, a company released a video showing how it grew neurons in a lab and got them to play DOOM. The scientists fed visual data to the neurons, which reacted to that data in some way to play the game. This could mean that the company built a human biocomputer and then put it into a simulated hell, playing the same game on a loop. While it was 'just a science experiment', the biocomputer had more neurons than a jellyfish or a worm. There's a large commercial incentive to continue developing the technology, but the ethical implications are still unclear.

Google's Gemini app is receiving a comprehensive UI overhaul featuring a pill-shaped prompt box, a colorful pulsating gradient background, and a redesigned homepage greeting. The update consolidates tools like Images, Videos, Canvas, and Deep Research into a unified bottom sheet with a media carousel, while the model picker returns to the top-left as a dropdown. On iOS, the redesign makes heavy use of Liquid Glass, though broader rollout details for Android remain unclear.

Google Chrome is reportedly installing the 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on millions of devices without user consent.