{"id":33068,"date":"2026-03-03T06:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33068"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:28:34","slug":"scientists-make-breakthrough-that-allows-lab-grown-brain-cells-to-play-a-sort-of-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33068","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Make Breakthrough That Allows Lab-Grown Brain Cells To Play A Sort Of Video Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1837\/18375603\/4659928-metroidbrain.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A cluster of lab-grown human brain cells has apparently made the leap to successfully playing a very rudimentary video game without the benefit of eyes, ears, or any kind of sensory input. It&#8217;s a far cry from playing something more complex, but it represents a major step forward for research.<\/p>\n<p>According to UC Santa Cruz researchers (via Gadget Review), researchers successfully coached their brain organoids to solve a &#8220;cart-pole&#8221; problem, which is a lot like balancing a digital broomstick. AI systems are tested on the same basis, but the brain cells&#8217; success rate is said to have jumped from 4.5% to 46% after training them to perform using electronic signals as punishments when incorrect and rewards when the input was used correctly.<\/p>\n<p>That may not sound like much compared to what AI can do, but it&#8217;s considered a breakthrough that demonstrates the brain power that even these tiny organoids possess. This could potentially be harnessed in the future for even more complex tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/scientists-make-breakthrough-that-allows-lab-grown-brain-cells-to-play-a-sort-of-video-game\/1100-6538517\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cluster of lab-grown human brain cells has apparently made the leap to successfully playing a very rudimentary video game without the benefit of eyes,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1713,7776,17082,258,17081,2651,4029,3953,1256],"class_list":["post-33068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-brain","tag-breakthrough","tag-cells","tag-game","tag-labgrown","tag-play","tag-scientists","tag-sort","tag-video","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}