Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup that seeks to read brain activity using ultrasound, is being spun out of Forest Neurotech, a Los Angeles nonprofit.

Investors at TechCrunch Disrupt explained their focus on artificial intelligence and offered advice to founders on how to stand out in a crowded AI field.

The hype we have been sold for the past few years has been overwhelming. Hype Correction is the antidote.

Arati Prabhakar and Asad Ramzanali say we are caught between fantastical claims and leaders deferring to industry without the imagination to drive progress.

SAP conducted an internal experiment to assess consultant attitudes towards AI assistance. Four teams, informed the responses came from junior interns, rated the AI's work highly accurate (95%). The fifth team, knowing the answers originated from AI, initially rejected the same accurate results. Upon individual review, they found the AI's insights valuable, ultimately confirming similar accuracy. SAP learned to carefully introduce AI, managing communication with consultants about its capabilities and integration. SAP envisions the "consultant of 2030" as AI-enabled, focusing on business insights, not technical tasks. Joule for Consultants amplifies, not replaces, expertise by reducing clerical work. AI helps consultants shift their focus from technical understanding to customer business goals. AI also accelerates training for new hires, creating synergy between junior and senior consultants. SAP's future aims for advanced AI copilots that interpret business processes and automate tasks. SAP's extensive process knowledge allows AI to improve, using data from the company's large network. This development will equip consultants with agentic AI, driving them towards more autonomous systems.

I was at an event on AI for science yesterday, a panel discussion here at NeurIPS. The panelists discussed how they plan to replace humans a...