Elon Musk says his brain implant device company Neuralink is ready for human trials, but a report says test monkeys died in the animal trials.
Elon Musk's brain implant startup is seeking human trial subjects, but a damning report is giving some possible applicants pause.
This picture includes veterinary records, WIRED says,"that contain gruesome portrayals of suffering reportedly endured by as many as a dozen of Neuralink’s primate subjects, all of whom needed to be euthanized." The report came hours after Neuralink announced an independent review board had approved it to begin offering brain implants to human paralysis patients for the first time as part of the company's six-year PRIME Study, or Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface study.
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