The company behind Facebook has created an AI that could one day be used to help nonverbal people better communicate

Technology 1 September 2022

Are you thinking what I’m hearing?

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An AI developed by Facebook’s owner Meta can scan a person’s brainwaves to “hear” what someone else is saying to them. The software is of limited practical use currently, but could be a stepping stone to reading a nonverbal person’s thoughts to allow them to better communicate – though Meta has no immediate plans to turn it into a commercial product.

Jean-Rémi King at Meta and his colleagues used existing data sets of brainwaves taken from 169 people as they listened to recordings of …