Researchers say the 'mini-brain' can respond to its environment, with experts calling the project 'exciting' but saying it might be going too far.
Researchers with the company Cortical Labs say they believe they've grown the first"sentient" brain in a lab.
Dr. Brett Kagan, who was part of the project, made the"sentient" claims in the journal Neuron saying,"We could find no better term to describe the device.' The BBC reported that "mini-brains" were first created or produced in 2013 so researchers could examine and study brain development and microcephaly
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