UCLA Engineers help paralyzed patients control robots

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Here is what we have Today:

• 🤖 UCLA AI lets paralyzed patients control robots with thoughts.

• 🦠 MIT's VaxSeer identifies future flu strains before they hit.

• 🧠 OpenAI adds mental health safeguards and parental controls.

• 💻 ElevenLabs transforms audio production with v2 update.

• 💼 New Job Opportunities

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🧠 AI Gives Paralyzed Patients Robot Power

What if you could move a robotic arm just by thinking about it—no surgery, no implants, just an EEG cap?

That’s exactly what UCLA engineers pulled off. They’ve built a wearable brain-computer interface (BCI) powered by AI that translates brain signals into real-time robotic control.

🔍 How it works:

• 🧠 AI decodes EEG brain signals in real time

• 🎥 Camera-based AI interprets movement intent

• ⏱️ Paralyzed patient completed robotic tasks in 6.5 minutes (previously impossible)

• ⚡ Participants moved cursors + robotic arms 4x faster with AI assist

• 🎧 Uses standard EEG caps → no surgical risks

🔥 Why it matters:
For decades, brain implants were the only option for thought-controlled devices.
Now, AI-powered non-invasive BCIs are breaking that barrier.

🚀 What’s next?
AI “co-pilots” could soon power:

• ♿ Smart wheelchairs

• 💬 Communication devices

• 🏡 Homes that anticipate your needs before you say a word

✅ The takeaway:
Mind over machine isn’t science fiction anymore — it’s here.

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🧬 AI Outpredicts WHO on Flu Vaccines

Every winter, flu season plays out like a lottery. Health officials try to guess which strain will dominate—but often miss.

MIT researchers think AI can change that.

They’ve built VaxSeer, a deep learning system trained on decades of viral sequences and lab data. Its job? Predict which flu strains will spread—and which vaccines will actually protect people—months before the season hits.

📊 How It Works

• Trained on decades of viral sequences & lab data

• Forecasts strain dominance + vaccine effectiveness

• Finds patterns humans miss

🏆 The Results

• Beat WHO’s picks 15/20 times across 2 flu types

• Spotted the correct 2016 vaccine a year early

• Predictions matched real-world patient outcomes

⚡ Why It Matters
✔️ Smarter strain selection
✔️ More effective vaccines
✔️ Fewer flu cases each season

🚀 The Future
With AI guiding the way, flu season may finally stop being a lottery.

Full story — MIT’s VaxSeer: Turning flu vaccines into precision science

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• China is beginning to develop more technological driverless trucks on there roads , this is done by a small group of companies but one company called Pony AI has now launched a fleet of driverless trucks that operate from two cites in China.

• Anthropic just pulled in a staggering $13 billion in Series F funding, tripling its valuation to $183 billion. ICONIQ, Fidelity, and Lightspeed led the round, joined by a wave of institutional backers betting big on the company’s momentum. And the numbers justify the hype: revenue has rocketed from $1 billion at the start of the year to $5 billion, with Claude Code, the AI coding assistant launched in February, already accounting for $500 million.

• ElevenLabs has rolled out version 2 of its AI sound effects model, bringing longer clips, higher fidelity, and tighter editing control. The update boosts maximum clip length from short bursts to 30 seconds, raises sampling quality to 48 kHz, and adds seamless looping directly inside the ElevenLabs Studio editor. Users can generate effects with text prompts through the web app or API, making it easier to integrate into production workflows.

• OpenAI is rolling out updates aimed at making ChatGPT safer in sensitive situations. A new routing system will detect signs of acute distress and automatically switch conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5-thinking, built to give steadier, more resistant responses. Parents of teens will soon be able to link accounts, set boundaries, disable features, and get alerts if the system flags a crisis.

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