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An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain

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AI agent performs autonomous brain surgery on mouse, selecting drug and target independently

An AI agent successfully performed brain surgery on an epileptic mouse, autonomously choosing the gene therapy drug, brain target location, and injection coordinates without human decision-making. Researcher Gabriel Ocana Santero claims it's the first fully autonomous AI-conducted surgery.

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AI agent performs autonomous brain surgery on mouse, selecting drug and target independently
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A Claude model autonomously chose a gene therapy and operated on a mouse brain with no human decision-making