Elon Musk announced back in August that his brain-machine interface company, Neuralink, would be holding a progress update “Show & Tell” event on October 31. As per a recent post from the Tesla CEO, however, the Neuralink event has been postponed by a month, with the Show & Tell now being scheduled on November 30, 2022. Musk…
Elon Musk recently announced that Neuralink plans to hold a progress update show and tell on Halloween, October 31. In its last big update, Neuralink released footage of a monkey playing games with its mind. Nine-year-old Macaque Pager had a Neuralink implanted into his brain before the video. Pager’s video came out in early April 2021. …
In a response to a recent tweet, Elon Musk highlighted Twitter’s avoidance of sharing how it verifies ads on the platform. Who does the audits? Where are the audits? These questions were brought up by Andrea Stroppa who noted that the only information about these audits can be found on a Twitter blog post titled, “Expanding our…
On Wednesday, May 4, Neuralink competitor Synchron announced the start of its first human clinical trials in the United States called the COMMAND study. The first COMMAND patient was enrolled in clinical trials at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. “The COMMAND study progresses Synchron’s technology development through the feasibility stage as we prepare for our pivotal…
Elon Musk shared a few updates on Neuralink, including that the company is still on track for human trials by the end of 2022. In February 2021, Musk shared that Neuralink was working “super hard” to make its brain implant safe. He also stated that Neuralink was closely communicating with the FDA to start initial human trials…
Neuralink has been dragged into a lawsuit by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine against the University of California at Davis. The lawsuit, which is amended from its initial filing date of May 2021, seeks to have UC Davis release images and video of inhumanely-treated test subjects, including monkeys, who died after participating in some…
Neuralink, a company owned by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, is seeking to hire both a Clinical Trial Director and Coordinator, hinting that human testing for its series of brain implantation chips could be imminent. In August 2020, Musk and Neuralink engineers unveiled the v0.9 device. The small “chip” could be integrated into the human…
Elon Musk appeared for a short but productive interview at the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) CEO Council Summit on Tuesday, December 7. Musk provided updates on each of his companies’ most interesting projects, including Tesla’s Cybertruck, SpaceX’s Starship, and Neuralink’s brain implant. The CEO of many forward-thinking companies seemed very optimistic about Neuralink in particular and its…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink posted five jobs based in Austin, Texas on its website. Neuralink wants to hire an Animal Care Specialist, Registered Veterinary Technician, a Veterinarian, an MEP Engineer, and a “general application” post in Texas. The jobs posts located in Austin supports rumors that Elon Musk plans to build Neuralink facilities in the state,…
A job opening was posted by Elon Musk’s Neuralink to fill a “Head of Construction” position in Austin, Texas. The job listing comes amid updates that indicate that the different businesses of Elon Musk are looking to extend their activities to the Lone Star State. Neuralink posted a job looking for a “Head of Construction”…