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Elon Musk claims Neuralink created a brain implant that a monkey is using ‘to play video games with his mind’

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Musk now wants the « happy monkey » to play mind-Pong with his fellow simians.
Elon Musk claims his startup Neuralink has connected a chip to a monkey’s brain that the primate is now using to play video games with its mind. Musk said Neuralink is currently developing brain implants that help people with paralysis control devices with their thoughts. He added that the tech could also enable people to communicate through their minds or save their brain state so when they die it gets uploaded to another body. The Tesla tycoon provided the rare update on Neuralink during a Sunday appearance on the invite-only Clubhouse app. [Read: How this company leveraged AI to become the Netflix of Finland] He described the device as “a Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires that go to your brain.

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