Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons

March 5, 2026

A silicon brain hovering in a computer-generated background

(NPR) – A human brain consumes less power than a light bulb, while artificial intelligence systems guzzle electricity to do the same tasks.

Now, scientists have created a highly efficient AI model that hints at how living brains are able to do so much with so little, a team reports in the journal Nature. (Read More)