The Latest Breaking News from Neuralink

The company has been accused of maiming test monkeys in the past

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said his Neuralink company is seeking permission to test its brain implant in people soon

Elon Musk is known for his inventions. He’s the founder of rocket firm SpaceX, the CEO of electric car maker Tesla. But with his purchase of Twitter, his proclivity for inventing and using new words and phrases has come under fierce scrutiny.

Multi-billionaire Elon Musk has said implanting the Neuralink chip into humans is imminent despite reports of "debilitating health effects" for monkeys used in testing

San Francisco (AFP) - Tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday one of his companies would in six months be able to implant a device into a human brain that would allow communication with a computer.

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk said on Wednesday a wireless device developed by his brain chip company Neuralink is expected to begin human clinical trials in six months.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. aims to start putting its coin-sized computing brain implant into human patients within six months, the company announced at an event at its Fremont, Calif. headquarters on Wednesday evening.

Tesla, Twitter and SpaceX CEO takes time out to promote Neuralink, a company he co-founded to develop brain-computer interfaces.

In the last two weeks, thousands of Twitter employees have gotten a small taste of what it's like to work for Elon Musk: the out-of-nowhere firings, the threats and the bluster, the pubescent jocularity, the day-to-day uncertainty and the urgent demands to work through the night.