First human implanted with neuralink

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03 Feb 2024, 6:55 pm

A Neuralink brain chip has been implanted in a human for the first time, entrepreneur Elon Musk said.
The Twitter CEO, who founded Neuralink, wrote on Twitter at 11am AEDT today: “The first human received an implant from Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.”
https://www.news.com.au/technology/inno ... 11e2c48c51
Mr Musk added: “[The brain chip] enables control of your phone or computer, and through them almost any device, just by thinking.

This is a summary of the puported benefits of neuralink (there are plenty)
https://builtin.com/hardware/what-is-neuralink

Among those enhancements of interest include making non-verbal individuals to communicate in real time + enhance cognitive ability in those with learning impairments.