# Former OpenAI researcher joins Conduit to develop thought-to-text AI 2026-08-07T02:41:13+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Former OpenAI alignment researcher Naomi Bashkansky has joined AI startup Conduit as a founding researcher after resigning from OpenAI on July 23, Times Now reports. She says Conduit is training models to convert non-invasive brain signals into text, with a possible path to thought-controlled AI assistants. Bashkansky envisions neural headbands by 2027, direct thought-based communication with AI by 2030 and more seamless integration by 2035. India Today reports that Conduit is recruiting participants for two-hour sessions using a four-pound electrode helmet, offering up to $55, or about Rs 5,200. Participants can join up to 32 sessions. The company says it is collecting speech, reading and typing data to train its systems. The technology remains experimental and does not involve implanted chips, unlike some brain-computer interfaces. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com - indiatoday.in Tags: Artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, Conduit, neural data, OpenAI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/former-openai-researcher-joins-conduit-to-develop-thought-to-text-ai/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/former-openai-researcher-joins-conduit-to-develop-thought-to-text-ai/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.