New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations

An illustration of a brain on an electrical circuit with blue and purple colors.

Scientists have developed a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) chip that mimics the human brain's aptitude for instinctive motor responses.

Modeled after the cerebellum, the part of the brain that helps coordinate balance and fine muscle control, the chip is designed to ignore routine information and respond only to unexpected events.