Brain-Computer Chips Just Hit a New Milestone

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Happy Thursday! It’s wild to think that a tiny implant, something smaller than a grain of rice, can help 80% of blind patients read again! Catch this story and more in today’s Top AI News.

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Introducing the Brain Computer Interface

Science Corp. founder and Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak says brain-computer tech is advancing much faster than people think. His team recently helped 80% of blind patients read again using a tiny retinal implant smaller than a grain of rice. On StrictlyVC Download, he talks about why medical use cases will commercialize first, future possibilities like cognitive boosts and multi-brain “binding,” and why the company is already pursuing revenue. He also weighs in on safety, hacking risks, and whether consciousness could ever live outside the body (listen to the full episode).

Trump Pushes for One Federal Rulebook on AI

President Donald Trump announced plans for an executive order that would prevent individual states from enacting their own AI regulations, aiming for a single federal rulebook. According to a leaked draft, the order would create an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state laws and push federal agencies toward national standards. Critics warn this could override important state protections for citizens and children. The move has sparked pushback from lawmakers across parties, emphasizing the tension between federal control and state-level AI oversight (see Trump’s full statement).

ChatGPT Goes Grocery Shopping!

OpenAI and Instacart are bringing grocery shopping directly into ChatGPT, letting users brainstorm meals, create shopping lists, and even check out without leaving the chat. This expands on their two-year-old partnership, which already offered AI-powered recipe and dietary guidance. The move is part of OpenAI’s push into agentic commerce, where AI helps make purchases on a user’s behalf. The integration could provide OpenAI a new revenue stream through small fees on sales, though it’s unclear if it will significantly impact the company’s finances (see OpenAI’s announcement).

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📈 Enterprise AI Soars: ChatGPT Enterprise usage has surged dramatically over the past year, with message volume growing 8x since November 2024 and employees reporting they save up to an hour daily. Companies are also consuming 320 times more reasoning tokens, signaling deeper AI integration for complex problem-solving (see full report).

🎨 Figma levels up its AI editing: Figma rolled out new AI-powered image editing tools today, adding object removal, isolation, and image expansion directly inside its design suite. These updates bring Figma closer to competitors like Adobe and Canva as the features go live in Figma Design and Draw (see Figma’s announcement).

💬 Hinge Helps Break the Ice: Dating app Hinge is rolling out AI-powered Convo Starters to help users overcome the awkward silence after matching. The feature analyzes profile photos and prompts to suggest personalized conversation openers, like sparking a chat about favorite brunch spots if someone’s pictured with pancakes (read more).

🛍️ Google’s Doppl Gets a Shoppable AI Feed: Google is rolling out a new shoppable discovery feed in Doppl, its experimental app that uses AI to visualize how outfits look on you. The feed surfaces AI-generated videos of real products and suggests outfits based on the style preferences you share and interact with (see Google’s announcement).

🧩 Nvidia’s H200s Get a Conditional Green Light: The U.S. Department of Commerce will now allow Nvidia to ship 18-month-old H200 AI chips to approved customers in China, taking a 25% cut of the sales. The move reverses earlier restrictions and arrives despite bipartisan congressional efforts to block advanced AI chip exports over security concerns (see Trump’s announcement).

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