Musk claims Neuralink patient doing OK with implant, can move mouse with brain

Medical ethicists alarmed by Musk being "sole source of information" on patient.

Feb 21, 2024 - 07:50
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Musk claims Neuralink patient doing OK with implant, can move mouse with brain
A person's hand holidng a brain implant device that is about the size of a coin.

Enlarge / A Neuralink implant. (credit: Neuralink)

Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk said the first human to be implanted with the company's brain chip is now able to move a mouse cursor just by thinking.

"Progress is good, and the patient seems to have made a full recovery, with no ill effects that we are aware of. Patient is able to move a mouse around the screen by just thinking," Musk said Monday during an X Spaces event, according to Reuters.

Musk's update came a few weeks after he announced that Neuralink implanted a chip into the human. The previous update was also made on X, the Musk-owned social network formerly named Twitter.

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