Now scale that. The full human brain is one million times larger. Mapping the whole thing at this resolution would produce approximately 1.4 zettabytes of data. That’s roughly equal to all the data generated on Earth in a single year. The storage alone would cost an estimated $50 billion and require a 140-acre data center, which would make it the largest on the planet.

And they found things textbooks don’t contain. One neuron had over 5,000 connection points. Some axons had coiled themselves into tight whorls for completely unknown reasons. Pairs of cell clusters grew in mirror images of each other. Jeff Lichtman, the Harvard lead, said there’s “a chasm between what we already know and what we need to know.”

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This is why the next step isn’t a human brain. It’s a mouse hippocampus, 10 cubic millimeters, over the next five years. Because even a mouse brain is 1,000x larger than what they just mapped, and the full mouse connectome is the proof of concept before anyone attempts the human one.

We’re building AI systems that loosely mimic neural networks while still unable to fully read the wiring diagram of a single cubic millimeter of the thing we’re trying to imitate. The original is 1.4 petabytes per millionth of its volume. Every AI model on Earth fits in a fraction of that.

The brain runs on 20 watts and fits in your skull. The data center required to merely describe one-millionth of it would span 140 acres.

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This project actually should giga-humble every AI lab and hype regarding "Surpassing human intelligence" LOL.

#science

Btw Researchers at the IIISc Bangalore are attacking the 20 watt problem using something called Neuromorphic Computing. The team led by Prof. Sreetosh Goswami developed a molecular "Memristor", a component that can remember its electrical state w/o needing a constant power supply.

Most computers separate RAM from CPU & this Von Neumann bottleneck is where 80% of energy is wasted. The IISc Memristors do both in the same physical spot, just like a biological synapse. They demonstrated a chip that can perform complex AI tasks using nanowatts of power...putting us on a direct path to a brain on a chip that could run for yrs on a single watch battery. #Research

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Bharat1.ai to build a 70-acre #AI park in Bengaluru with Nvidia, investing $650 mn ($250 mn equity, $400 mn debt). Equipped with GPUs, robots and researchers, the hub aims to train real-world grounded models—addressing LLM limits beyond probabilistic outputs. #Tech #Infra

Govt rolls out 7 steps under ₹25,060 cr Export Promotion Mission. E-commerce exporters get credit up to ₹50 lakh (90% guarantee); overseas inventory loans up to ₹5 cr (75% guarantee) with 2.75% interest subvention. Target: ease MSME finance/logistics bottlenecks ahead of UK, US, EU trade deals. #Exports #Policy

US amasses biggest force near Iran since 2003 Iraq war. Never has the US deployed this much force against a potential enemy and not launched strikes. #InternationalNews #Geopolitics 🇺🇸⚡🇮🇷

Napakistan Air Force bombed dozens of Afghan civilians in Behsud, Afghanistan. #IndianSubcontinent

8 With Links To Pak's ISI, Bangladesh Arrested For Plotting Attack In India: Sources

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/6-with-links-to-pakistans-isi-bangladesh-arrested-from-tamil-nadu-for-plotting-attack-in-india-11119789

IAF lost a single seat LCA Tejas Mk1 in an accident earlier this month.
- Pilot safe, no serious injury
- Occurred at a key air base when the fighter was landing after a training sortie
- A/c severely damaged, likely to be written off
- Fleet now undergoing extensive checks

#Defence #Aviation
https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/another-tejas-light-combat-aircraft-lost-in-accident-pilot-safe/articleshow/128653607.cms

> Nigerian media Arise covers how Indian businessmen are setting up shops in Nigeria, the country with the largest population in Africa 🇳🇬🇮🇳

> Indian businessmen consider Nigeria to be in a similar place as India was at the time of the Jio revolution

> Hence, they are moving in to set up companies in industries like retail, services, entertainment, tech, etc

#Economy #Geopolitics 🇮🇳🤝🇳🇬

Indian trade officials will postpone a trip to the US aimed at finalizing their interim deal after a US Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. #Geopolitics

India enters blended-ore export game

Vizag: East Coast will be developed into Iron ore export hub as Adani (APSEZ) + NMDC + 🇧🇷Vale SA; Gangavaram will be the first Valemax capable 🇮🇳port — with capacity expansion to 75 MMTPA.

NMDC: low‑grade ore
Vale: high‑grade ore
AGPL: infra, blending ops & logistics

Core Build: 75 MMTPA Integrated iron ore blending
Port-linked SEZ for processing & export services
Fully mechanised berthing & cargo handling
Adv yard mgmt + integrated vessel loading
Valemax-capable terminal (400k MT vessel) #Exports

#MakeInIndia #semiconductor

⚡ NSE to introduce nanosecond response time from 11 April, boosting capacity to nearly 100 million transactions per second

📈 1,000-fold speed jump from current microsecond system; colocation infra expanding to 4,500 racks #Tech #Infra

Israel PM Netanyahu

"On Wednesday, the PM of India, my friend Narendra Modi, will arrive in Israel. In the vision I see before my eyes, we will create a complete system of alliances around or within the Middle East and promote cooperation in AI and Quantum Computing" #Geopolitics

89 countries, including the US, Iran, Israel, China, Russia part of the New Delhi declaration issued after India #AI Summit

UNITED STATES 🇺🇸 #TRADE DEALS ARE NOW IN FLUX FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT RULING

- Indian 🇮🇳 trade officials will postpone a trip to the US aimed at finalizing their interim deal

- The European 🇪🇺 Parliament’s trade chief will propose freezing the ratification process of the European Union’s trade deal with the US

- A Japanese 🇯🇵 ruling party member called US tariffs "a real mess"

- Australia’s 🇦🇺 government said it will “examine all options” after US President Donald Trump imposed a 15% tariff on foreign imports.

#Geopolitics