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Exclusive Inside Look: One-on-One with Cortical Labs' Chief Scientist - From DishBrain to CL1
Author: Denise Holt
April 16, 2025
Summary
The concept of merging biological components with traditional silicon-based computing might sound like pure science fiction, but for Cortical Labs, it represents the cutting edge of what is possible in “artificial ‘actual’ intelligence.” In my recent in-depth, one-on-one conversation with Brett Kagan, Chief Scientist at Cortical Labs, we explored the groundbreaking field of what they refer to as, synthetic biological intelligence (SBI), and the technology behind their latest innovation. CL1 is the world’s first commercially available biological computer, fusing lab grown human brain cells to silicon chips.