Elon Musk Says a Human Patient Has Received Neuralink’s Brain Implant

Details are scarce, but Neuralink cofounder Elon Musk says initial results are “promising.”

Elon Musk said on the social media platform X on Monday that the first human patient has received a brain implant developed by his company Neuralink.

After years of delays, Neuralink started recruiting patients for a clinical trial in the fall after receiving approval from the US Food and Drug Administration and a hospital ethics board. The company is developing a device called a brain-computer interface.

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