Neuralink says implant had issues after first human surgery


Elon Musk's brain technology startup, Neuralink Corp., suffered a setback when it discovered that the device that it had implanted in its first human patient had malfunctioned. — AFP

In a setback for Elon Musk’s brain technology company, Neuralink Corp, the device it implanted in its first human patient has had mechanical issues, the company wrote in a blog post.

In the weeks following the January surgery on patient Noland Arbaugh, some of the electrode-studded threads that sit in the brain tissue began to retract from that tissue, the company said, resulting in the device not working properly.

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