BREAKING: Elon Musk reveals first human has received Neuralink implant

On Monday, Elon Musk revealed that the first human being to receive a Neuralink implant was recovering, and that the procedure has yielded "promising results."

The unnamed person is recovering after having the device surgically inserted into his cranium over the weekend.

 

"The first human received an implant from Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well," Musks said in a post on X. "Initial results show promising neuron spike detection."

Following Food and Drug Administration approval and a successful summer of fundraising, Neuralink announced in September 2023 that it was recruiting for its first in-human clinical trial.

The company invited those with conditions such as quadriplegia due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

"The PRIME Study (short for Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface) – a groundbreaking investigational medical device trial for our fully-implantable, wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) – aims to evaluate the safety of our implant (N1) and surgical robot (R1) and assess the initial functionality of our BCI for enabling people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts," Neuralink wrote in a statement.

"During the study, the R1 Robot will be used to surgically place the N1 Implant’s ultra-fine and flexible threads in a region of the brain that controls movement intention. Once in place, the N1 Implant is cosmetically invisible and is intended to record and transmit brain signals wirelessly to an app that decodes movement intention. The initial goal of our BCI is to grant people the ability to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone."

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