In 2022, a Melbourne start-up announced they’d taught neurons in a dish to play Pong. Now, they’re selling a "biological computer" made of thousands of human neurons.

In short:

An Australian start-up has launched the “first commercialised biological computer” made of human brain cells at a conference in Barcelona.

The team behind it believe it could be used as a type of simple biological AI, but others are cautious about the technology’s potential.

What’s next?

Researchers in this space highlight the potential ethical ramifications, but say the current systems are too primitive to feel or understand.