New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control
Technology Engineering Electronic Engineering New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations A new brain-inspired device is designed to kick AI systems into gear only when they detect something unusual. Could it reduce dependence on power-guzzling data centers? By Owen Hughes Edited by Laura Mondragón, Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published 11 August 2026 In News 5 min read When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
- ▪Technology Engineering Electronic Engineering New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations A new brain-inspired device is designed to kick AI systems
- ▪Could it reduce dependence on power-guzzling data centers?
- ▪By Owen Hughes Edited by Laura Mondragón, Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published 11 August 2026 In News 5 min read When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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| Original publisher | Live Science |
| Canonical URL | https://www.livescience.com/technology/electronics/new-ai-chip-mimics-the-human-brains-capacity-for-split-second-motor-control-it-solved-problems-using-10-000-times-fewer-calculations |
| Publication time | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:11:09 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-12T08:21:33.245Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-12T08:21:33.245Z |
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| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Technology Engineering Electronic Engineering New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations A new brain-inspired device is designed to kick AI systems into gear only when they detect something unusual. Could it reduce dependence on power-guzzling data centers? By Owen Hughes Edited by Laura Mondragón, Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published 11 August 2026 In News 5 min read When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new electrical chip works similar to the human brain.
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