Sumner L Norman @SumnerLN
CEO @ForestNeurotech FRO // ultrasound & BCI SumnerNorman.com California, USA Joined May 2016-
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I’ve been thinking a lot about how we scale neurotech. Current approaches (e.g. DBS for PD) aren’t meeting the need. Emerging ones may fare even worse. That’s why I’m scoping an @ARIA_research programme to develop neurotech built for scale. Check out my post +share feedback!👇
Will consumers actually get brain implants?
EVs, solar panels, and now, brain-computer interfaces. In a new policy document, China has signaled its ambition to become a world leader in the same technology that Elon Musk's Neuralink is building. For @WIRED: wired.com/story/china-is…
The History and Future of Brain Implants - Full Episode This is our deep dive with @SumnerLN into the world of brain computer interfaces. We trace the centuries of work that led to the rise of companies like @neuralink and @ForestNeurotech and where this is technology is…
New Core Memory pod is out! I always have a great time hanging out & chatting neurotech with Ashlee. I'm stoked to share one of those conversations.
New Core Memory pod is out! I always have a great time hanging out & chatting neurotech with Ashlee. I'm stoked to share one of those conversations.
How can we identify what capabilities will matter most in an increasingly intelligence-saturated world? 1. Avoid fast obsolescence 2. Complement AI 3. Use the steering wheel, not just the pedals 4. Imagine good futures + our AI-inflected priorities across 7 fields. Read on:
THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE A new collection of 16 essays on how to accelerate AI for science & security: ifp.org/launch The AI revolution is already delivering enormous consumer benefits. But AI progress won't automatically solve humanity's most important problems first. To…
+1. The NSF fellowship was a critical inflection in my early career. It enabled impactful research and allowed me to put food on the table. Programs like these should be expanded to the brightest students that will expand US capabilities over the coming decades.
+1. The NSF fellowship was a critical inflection in my early career. It enabled impactful research and allowed me to put food on the table. Programs like these should be expanded to the brightest students that will expand US capabilities over the coming decades.
GPT-5 is here. Rolling out to everyone starting today. openai.com/gpt-5/
gpt-oss is a big deal; it is a state-of-the-art open-weights reasoning model, with strong real-world performance comparable to o4-mini, that you can run locally on your own computer (or phone with the smaller size). We believe this is the best and most usable open model in the…
Put stickers on your laptop. That way when you inevitably leave it somewhere, it will find its way back to you.
ICYMI: Finally some good news! The senate committee rejected the 40% budget cut for NIH and instead endorsed a $400 million budget increase! Science for the win.
RFI: How can brain science shape frontier-scale AGI? The Amaranth Foundation wants your 2-page ideas on how brain science can guide & govern frontier-scale AGI—incl. short-timeline (2025-2028) scenarios. Send ≤2-page ideas by 29 Aug.
Need more of this energy
Today, we @CultivariumFRO are launching PRISM, an AI assistant for what actually happens in the lab. Learn more here: blog.cultivarium.org/p/prism-captur…
FROs🫱🏽🫲🏻US Nat'l Policy
neurotech in 2025 is what AI was in 2017 yet, the state of this generationally important technology is virtually unknown to those outside of a small community. we're releasing a map (see below) to help the world understand the field -- the tradeoffs between contending…
Peter and Dave have an extraordinary show on the future of everything and abundance ! I was honored to be on this one youtube.com/watch?v=qaPHK1…
Are we headed toward a technology revolution in therapeutic BCI? I just wrote this piece about why I believe neurotech will become an indispensable tool for addressing the growing mental health crisis and become as common as personal computing. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/brainjacob… #BCI

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