AI can read your mind, and give it in writing

A new artificial intelligence system can non-invasively translate the brain activity of a person listening to or imagining a story or watching a silent video into a continuous stream of text, scientists said on Monday.

A study by a four-member research group, which included an Indian graduate student, at the University of Texas Austin has shown that the system can generate intelligible word sequences from brain activity measured through functional magnetic resonance imaging (f-MRI) scans.

The technology might someday help people who are conscious but unable to speak because of stroke or other health disorders, the researchers have said.