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# Brains in a Box: AI Just Got a Pulse
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/brains-in-a-box-ai-just-got-a-pulse/
- Published: 2025-03-11T03:52:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:24:16.000Z
- Description: Forget silicon, your next AI might be made of neurons. Cortical Labs is selling a $35,000 bio-computer powered by lab-grown human brain cells. The question isn’t whether it works, but whether we’re ready for what comes next.
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

Forget silicon, your next [AI](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-trends-speaker/) might be made of neurons. Cortical Labs is selling a $35,000 bio-computer powered by lab-grown human brain cells. The question isn’t whether it works, but whether we’re ready for what comes next.

Cortical Labs has unveiled the CL1, a biological computer running on live neurons, marketed as the world’s first “code deployable biological computer.” By connecting neural tissue to electrodes and a life-support unit, the system mimics digital AI but with potential cognitive advantages.

- CL1 neurons react to environments inside a simulated world, shaping responses in real time.
- Researchers suggest bio-computers could surpass digital AI in efficiency and adaptability.
- Ethical concerns loom—are we engineering intelligence or something more?

This isn’t just a technological leap; it’s a shift in how we define intelligence itself. Are bio-computers a revolution in AI, or are we creating a new ethical frontier we aren’t prepared to cross?

Read the full article on [Gizmodo](https://gizmodo.com/this-35000-computer-is-powered-by-trapped-human-brain-cells-2000573993?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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