Innovative AI Implants Enable A Stroke Victim To Speak For The First Time In Almost Two Decades
Innovative AI implants, Ann Johnson, 48, was given the ability to “talk” for the first time in 18 years thanks to the work of researchers at the University of California who were able to insert a small panel of electrode implants into her brain. In order to replicate Johnson’s vocal tones and inflections and enable the most genuine communication possible, scientists used a sample of Johnson’s voice from a video of her speaking at her wedding. According to Lauren Simonetti of FOX Business, “The [University of California] team then trained the Innovative AI algorithm to detect her brain signals,” she said on Thursday’s episode of “Varney & Co.” A ChatGPT-style model was utilised to convert the 39 unique sounds they had learned into sentences. Simonetti continued, “They then created an avatar that resembled her and had a voice tailored to how she had sounded prior to the stroke. Johnson’s capacity to talk was tragically lost in 2005 due to a brain stem stroke. Johns...