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The $14 Million Lesson: Why the ‘Mind-Reading’ Headset Failed and a Dictation Tool Won

๐Ÿ“… August 23, 2026 ๐Ÿ“‚ Tech Industry

Imagine this: Youโ€™ve spent three years and $14 million building a sci-fi headset that reads your silent thoughts. Youโ€™ve got a team of 40 neuroscientists, machine learning experts, and signal processing PhDs. The prototype works. Itโ€™s incredible.Then you realize: nobody…

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