# Brain-to-Image Decoding Advances, and DeepMind's Hassabis Frames It as AI for Science

Researchers are using diffusion models to reconstruct images people have seen from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scans, and newer work is attempting to influence mental imagery and dreams through language.

- Published: 2026-06-28T11:02:12.327Z
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Google DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis said neuroscientists are combining brain scans with AI models to recreate images people are imagining, and even fragments of dreams, according to a social-media account of his remarks. The unde…

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