An investigation by Wired reveals the grisly complications of Neuralink brain implants in monkeys, including brain swelling and paralysis.
from the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis, the site of the Neuralink primate research. Up to a dozen monkeys suffered grisly fates after receiving a Neuralink implant, including brain swelling and partial paralysis.." In December 2019, an internal part of the brain implant being inserted into the primate "broke off" during surgery. Later that night, the monkey scratched at the implant site, drawing blood, and yanked on the implant, partially dislodging it.
"The failure of this implant can be considered purely mechanical and not exacerbated by infection," the necropsy states.notes, that statement alone seemingly contradicts Musk's claims that no monkeys directly died from Neuralink brain implants.that Musk's claims that the monkeys were already terminally ill are "ridiculous," even a "straight-up fabrication.
"These are pretty young monkeys," they told the magazine. "It's hard to imagine these monkeys, who were not adults, were terminal for some reason." To add to Neuralink's problems, an ethics group known as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sent letters to the US Securities Exchange Commission , demanding that it investigate Musk's suspect claims.
"They are claiming they are going to put a safe device on the market, and that's why you should invest," Ryan Merkley at the Physicians Committee, toldThe committee's case hinges on the argument that Musk's posts on X count as a source of investor news, which given his follower count north of 150 million on the platform, is arguably reasonable.
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