Elon Musk’s brain chip company, Neuralink, faces animal abuse claims

An animal welfare group alleges that monkey test subjects endured crude surgeries' and extreme suffering'

Elon Musk's brain chip company Neuralink is defending itself against claims that its researchers abused monkeys in the testing of its products.

Neuralink - which hopes to create a revolutionary interface that would allow humans to control devices with their brains - said in a statement on Monday that its research animals were respected and honored by our team". The company was responding to allegations that the animals were tortured and left to die in horrific experiments at its facilities.