For the uninitiated, the goal of Neuralink, a company Musk co-founded in 2016, is to create a brain chip implant that, in the future, might enable blind people to see and paraplegic people to move. Neuralink is essentially creating a gadget that Musk has dubbed "a Fitbit in your skull" that can track a person's movement, body temperature, and other details before wirelessly transmitting the information to a mobile device. The system hopes to begin human trials this year after receiving the FDA's breakthrough designation in 2020. However, in order to achieve that, the corporation has been testing its technologies on animals, killing 1,500 of them since 2018 – and fresh reports from employee whistle-blowers claim the tests are going tragically wrong.
Elon Musk's brain-computer interface business Neuralink responded to claims that its procedures for testing animals on them are cruel and have resulted in the "horrific mistreatment" and deaths of many macaque monkeys on Monday with a statement. But read on for a deeper insight into the allegations of animal abuse.
The start of the investigation into animal cruelty at Neuralink
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General has launched an investigation into possible Animal Welfare Act violations at Neuralink. It's an uncommon reversal for an organisation that often keeps its distance from animal studies. Democrats in Congress are also speaking out. According to reports, US House Representatives Earl...
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