Patient recovering well with signs of ‘promising neuron spike detection’, says startup’s founder
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of the neurotechnology company Neuralink, has said the first human received an implant from the brain-chip startup and is recovering well.
The surgery is not a surprise: the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the company clearance in September to carry out the first trial of its implant on humans.
“Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” Musk said in a post on X on Monday, a day after the chip was implanted.
Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the brain and to the body. Musk did not provide further details.
I would need it to be accepted on a mainstream sort of level for me to even feel physically safe getting one. Not saying Apple is benevolent but I would be more likely to consider one if they demoed one in a keynote. And even then like you said I’d need a lot of guarantees with serious legal consequences if something were to go wrong and preventing whatever company that produces it from having any control whatsoever outside of maybe a console port for maintenance