The Download: China’s brain implant ambitions

- The Download: China’s brain implant ambitions China just approved NEO, the world’s first invasive BCI for commercial use. A paralyzed patient wrote his name via neural signals. This isn’t just medical; it’s the hardware layer for human-AI symbiosis. Meanwhile, Nvidia launches RTX Spark, the first AI chip for PCs, designed specifically to run autonomous agents locally. The US also closed a loophole, blocking AI chip exports to Chinese firms abroad, accelerating Beijing’s domestic chip redesign. With SoftBank overtaking Toyota and transhumanist visions gaining traction, the race for compute sovereignty is on. Labs are moving fast. Patents are piling up. The infrastructure for the next era of intelligence is being wired right now.