arXiv AI
Aug 20

Accurate Decoding of Natural Sentences from Non-Invasive Brain Recordings

Brain2Qwerty v2 is a model that decodes natural sentences from real‑time magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings, achieving an average word error rate of 39% across 22,000 sentences typed by nine subjects. The model uses character, word, and sentence‑level representations and shows that decoding accuracy improves log‑linearly with more data, narrowing the gap to intracranial brain‑computer interfaces. AI contributes by replacing hand‑crafted event detection with deep learning, fine‑tuning large language models for semantic extraction, and employing AI agents to refine the decoding pipeline through automated code development.

By Mingfang Zhang, Jarod L\'evy, Cedric Rommel, J\'er\'emy Rapin, Corentin Bel, Julie Bonnaire, Daniel Nieto, Pierre Bourdillon, Svetlana Pinet, St\'ephane d'Ascoli, Thomas Moreau, Jean-R\'emi King
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 21

Decoding silent reading from non-invasive EEG

arXiv:2608. 20186v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Non-invasive decoding of inner speech faces a fundamental data problem: a corpus pairing brain activity with a person's spontaneous inner monologue cannot be collected, and the available proxy paradigms (cued repetitive and retrospectively reported generative inner speech) are slow to acquire, poorly time-locked, and subject compliance is unverifiable.

By Ingo Marquardt, Anthilia Alchanat, Priyanka Jain
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 4

The 2026 PNPL Competition: Word Classification and Efficient Cross-Subject Generalisation in LibriBrain100

The 2026 PNPL Competition builds on the 2025 PNPL effort by expanding the LibriBrain dataset to 32 new subjects and more within‑subject data, creating LibriBrain100. It introduces two tracks: a Deep track for high‑performance within‑subject word classification and a Broad track that tests cross‑subject generalisation with progressively less subject‑specific fine‑tuning data, down to 10 minutes. The competition aims to advance non‑invasive brain‑computer interfaces toward practical, clinically feasible communication restoration for people with profound paralysis.

By Francesco Mantegna, Gereon Elvers, Dulhan Jayalath, Gilad Landau, Tasha Kim, Miran \"Ozdogan, Luisa Kurth, Teyun Kwon, SungJun Cho, Benjamin Ballyk, Alex Fung, Anna Greer, Pratik Somaiya, Christian Herff, Yorguin Mantilla Ramos, Hamza Abdelhedi, Karim Jerbi, Greg Farquhar, Brendan Shillingford, Mark Woolrich, Oiwi Parker Jones