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Elon Musk says his Neuralink brain chips have been approved for trials on humans

Patients have been able to register their interest to enroll in tests since earlier in the year

Evening Standard

Elon Musk's 'mind control chip' is cleared for human testing despite monkey deaths

Human trials will start soon on a brain implant which aims to help treat people with autism, obesity and a range of other conditions, despite earlier rejections over animal deaths

Daily Mirror

Elon Musk Scores a Big Win

Neuralink, the neurotech startup co-founded by the billionaire, has received the green light from the FDA to test its brain implants on humans.

The Street

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip company says it now has FDA approval for human testing

Brain chip firm has reportedly killed about 1,500 animals, including over 280 sheep, pigs and, monkeys

The Independent UK

Musk's Neuralink says cleared for human test of brain implants

San Francisco (AFP) - Elon Musk's start-up Neuralink on Thursday said it has gotten approval from US regulators to test its brain implants in people.

AFP

Elon Musk's futuristic brain chip startup Neuralink gets FDA approval for human testing that 'represents an important first step'

Musk has pitched his startup and its technology, which requires drilling into patients' skulls, as potentially helping people with paralysis.

Fortune

Elon Musk reportedly planning to launch AI rival to ChatGPT maker

Tesla and Twitter boss said to be bringing together team, weeks after co-signing letter demanding pause in AI research

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We've been connecting brains to computers longer than you’d expect. These 3 companies are leading the way

Since it was founded in 2016, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink has had its moments in biotech news.

The Conversation

Who Owns Your Brain Data?

Nita A. Farahany's The Battle for Your Brain shows how neurotech can help, or hurt, human liberty.

Reason

Futurists predict a point where humans and machines become one. But will we see it coming?

Most people are familiar with the deluge of artificial intelligence (AI) apps that seem designed to make us more efficient and creative. We’ve got apps that take text prompts and generate art, and the controversial ChatGPT, which raises serious questions about originality, misinformation and plagiarism.

The Conversation

No, Elon Musk can’t put chips into people’s brains: Regulators rejected Neuralink’s device due to safety risks, report says

Neuralink’s human brain chip trials have been put on hold after the FDA rejected the startup’s application owing to safety issues, Reuters reported Thursday.

Fortune

Elon Musk’s Neuralink probed over shipment of ‘contaminated’ devices from ‘infected’ monkey brains

Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink is being probed over its shipping methods after an animal rights group contacted the U.S. Department of Transportation

The Independent UK

Elon Musk's Neuralink probed over material shipments

Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink is being probed over its shipping methods after an animal rights group contacted the U.S. Department of Transportation

The Independent UK

U.S. investigating Elon Musk's Neuralink over hazardous pathogens

The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it is investigating Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens.

Reuters

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Elon Musk Says Living Past 100 Isn't Good

The billionaire entrepreneur promises that humans will soon live on Mars.

The Street

Elon Musk Says Living Past 100 Is Not Good

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX promises that humans will soon live on Mars. But his technological ambitions have limits.

The Street

Elon Musk Takes Sides in the Immortality Debate

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX promises that humans will soon live on Mars. But his technological ambitions have limits.

The Conversation

Can we ethically justify harming animals for research? There are several schools of thought

Neuralink, the biotechnology company co-founded by Elon Musk, has been accused of animal cruelty and is under federal investigation in the United States for potential animal welfare violations.

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Fortune

Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are making bets on brain interface company Synchron as Elon Musk's Neuralink faces controversy and a Federal investigation

Synchron's investment win comes as Musk's Neuralink faces a federal probe into its animal-testing practices that could set it back.

Fortune

A major medical ethics group just asked the FDA to disqualify data from Elon Musk's Neuralink animal experiments: 'We want the FDA to proactively launch an investigation'

Musk’s brain implants company, Neuralink, is already the subject of a federal investigation.

Salon

Musk's company is on a killing spree

Around 1,500 lab animals have died in tests at Neuralink, Elon Musk's medical device implant company

The Street

A Chinese Executive May Be the Future CEO of Tesla

Elon Musk recently told the EV maker's board that he had identified someone to succeed him as CEO.

France 24

Musk's Neuralink under US investigation for treatment of animals, Reuters reports

The brain-computer interface company Neuralink, owned by Elon Musk, is under investigation by the US Department of Agriculture for its treatment of animals, Reuters has revealed. FRANCE 24's tech editor Peter O'Brien tells us more about the allegations.

Fortune

Musk's Neuralink staff claim his demands to rush brain implant trials led to the needless deaths of 1,500 animals

The company is being probed for potential violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

Evening Standard

Elon Musk’s Neuralink faces federal investigation after ‘killing 1,500 animals in testing’

The US Department of Agriculture is investigating the firm following complaints that its animal testing is being rushed and causing needless suffering and deaths

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