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Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records

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Two new studies show that AI-powered devices can help paralyzed people communicate faster and more accurately. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.
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