{"id":7178,"date":"2026-03-04T05:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7178"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:40:45","slug":"aussie-startup-trains-living-human-brain-cells-to-play-doom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7178","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Startup Trains Living Human Brain Cells to Play Doom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"blockquote-block_0c822f49d5f44a67b204dfe0d813307d\" class=\"blockquote-container\" style=\"border-color: #5100fc\">\n<div class=\"blockquote-text\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne-based Cortical Labs has trained living human neurons to play Doom using its CL1 biological computing platform.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The achievement builds on a 2021 Pong experiment that required 18 months of development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gameplay is translated into electrical signals and decoded from neural spikes, though the cells do not understand the game.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cortical Labs has advanced its biological computing research by teaching living human neurons to play Doom, a title long used as an informal benchmark for new systems. The Melbourne firm shared video of the 1993 game being controlled by neural activity generated within its laboratory-grown cell cultures.<\/p>\n<p>The project follows the company\u2019s earlier success in training neurons to play Pong, which demonstrated adaptive, goal-directed learning but required 18 months of development on earlier hardware. After that milestone, the question of whether the platform could run Doom became a recurring question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Nevada Gaming Regulator Sues Coinbase Over Unlicensed Sports Betting Contracts<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-pong-to-doom\">From Pong to Doom<\/h2>\n<p>Central to the experiment is the CL1, promoted as the world\u2019s first code-deployable biological computer and containing around 200,000 living human neurons connected to a silicon chip. Cultured on a multi-electrode array, the cells can be stimulated electrically while their responses are recorded and interpreted in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Developers converted Doom\u2019s digital inputs into electrical stimulation patterns delivered to different regions of the neural network. When neurons produced specific firing patterns, these were translated into corresponding in-game actions, including movement and shooting. The Doom implementation was completed in less than a week using the company\u2019s application programming interface.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers emphasised that the neurons process electrical signals and generate outputs, but do not possess awareness of the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: South Korea Orders Crypto Asset Review After $4.8M Wallet Blunder<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>AI,GameFi#Aussie #Startup #Trains #Living #Human #Brain #Cells #Play #Doom1772602845<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne-based Cortical Labs has trained living human neurons to play Doom using its CL1 biological computing platform. The achievement builds on a 2021 Pong experiment that required 18 months of development. Gameplay is translated into electrical signals and decoded from neural spikes, though the cells do not understand the game. 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