An Artificial Neural Network for Image Classification Inspired by the Aversive Olfactory Learning Neural Circuit in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> (Adv. Sci. 7/2025)

Nematode's Brain‐Inspired AI This cover image adapts a scene from the novel Journey to the West. In this version, the Monkey King uses a high‐tech AI magic mirror to reveal the White Bone Spirit disguised among humans. The cover is linked to the research findings in article number 2410637, in which Xuebin Wang, Zengru Di, He Liu, and colleagues identify a neural circuit responsible for learning aversive olfactory memory in Caenorhabditis elegans. Drawing inspiration from these findings, they designed a novel artificial neural network architecture specifically tailored for image classification tasks. This brain‐inspired AI architecture outperforms conventional methods, demonstrating superior performance. [Image: see text]