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Musk: Neuralink expects to complete 10 brain-computer interface implant surgeries this year

2024-08-05

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IT Home reported on August 5 that Musk, founder of the brain-computer interface company Neuralink, mentioned a new goal in a podcast last Friday: As part of clinical trials, Neuralink is expected to provideAnother 8 patientsProviding implants has enabled the company to complete a total of 10 BCI patient implants.


In a podcast with Lex Fridman on Friday, Musk revealed that Neuralink has successfully implanted a second brain-computer interface chip into a human patient. This is another major progress after the first patient was implanted in January this year. Musk mentioned that the second implant is currently progressing well. Musk said: "I don't want to jump to conclusions too early, but the second implant seems to be going very well.The signal is strong, there are many electrodes, and it works very well.。(I don't want to jinx it, but it seems to have gone extremely well with the second implant. So there's a lot of signal, a lot of electrodes. It's working very well)”

According to IT Home, after obtaining FDA approval in May last year, Neuralink implanted the brain-computer interface chip into the body of patient Noland Arbaugh for the first time in January this year. After the implant, Arbaugh was able toControl your computer mouse with your mind alone, no longer relying on mouth and stylus.

In May, Neuralink received FDA approval to install an implant in a second patient. Musk said last month that he expects more than 1,000 people to have Neuralink chips implanted by 2026.

Neuralink can allow patientsControlling robot limbs with the brain, which is faster than natural brain-limb connections. Musk also said that Neuralink’s ultimate goal is to weaken the civilization risks posed by AI by establishing a symbiotic relationship between humans and digital intelligence.