Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain. What could possibly go wrong?

  • Written by: Nathan Higgins, PhD candidate in Psychology, Monash University
Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain. What could possibly go wrong?Neuralink

Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, had implanted a device in a human for the first time. The company’s PRIME study, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration last year, is testing a brain implant for “people with paralysis to control external devices with their...

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