Paralysed people who’ve been unable to speak are being enabled by artificial intelligence to talk again according to US scientists. The technology is still experimental, but two separate studies on people with locked in syndrome show it’s possible for computers to decode brain signals from implants into spoken sentences.

ALS is the most common form of motor neuron disease - a rare condition which gets worse over time as the brain degenerates. Over time the degeneration can result in a person with ALS being unable to swallow, or talk, and eventually breathing becomes impossible without a ventilator.

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