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The Download: the first brain implant power user and South Korea’s AI obsession
This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This man with ALS is the first “power user” of a brain implant that lets him speak Casey Harrell has…
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