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Scientists Make ‘Cyborg Worms’ with a Brain Guided by AI

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Scientists have given artificial intelligence a direct line into the nervous systems of worms.

They trained an AI agent to direct one -millimeter-long Caenorhabditis elegans worms toward tasty patches of Escherichia coli in a four-centimeter dish.

The team is exploring whether their method can improve electrical deep-brain stimulation to treat Parkinson’s disease in humans.

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