- Facebook’s AI model reportedly decoded up to 80 % of typed sentences from MEG-recorded brainwaves, suggesting rapid progress in non-invasive BCI language decoding.  
- Participants questioned whether “deep research” AI reports (e.g., Perplexity’s 20-page ashwagandha dossier) can yet synthesize literature into novel, non-hallucinated conclusions, while conceding their utility for grant writing and paper outlining.  
- A standardized ashwagandha extract (KSM-66) was discussed for sleep and thyroid effects, with conflicting advice on morning vs. evening dosing and the need for thyroid monitoring.  
- Viral Twitter claims that “China has cured diabetes with stem cells” were met with skepticism; the actual intervention was transplantation of chemically induced pluripotent stem-cell (iPSC)–derived islets under the abdominal rectus sheath in a type-1 diabetes patient.  
- The iPSC-islet trial (n = 3) required heavy immunosuppression (basiliximab, etanercept, tacrolimus, mycophenolate, methylprednisone) because the patient already had liver and pancreas transplants, highlighting that the underlying autoimmune disease was not cured.  
- Discussion pivoted to engineering immune tolerance: proposals for anti-anti-islet antibodies or CAR-T cells to selectively ablate the autoimmune B- or T-cell clones responsible for islet destruction.