Here are the details on the grisly deaths of Elon Musk’s Neuralink monkeys
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EY94)
Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk said earlier this month that no monkey has died as a result of a Neuralink implant," but an alarming new report from Wired seems to contradict Musk's statement. Public documents obtained by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and seen by Wired indicate that Neuralink's macaque subjects were euthanized after suffering various complications, including bloody diarrhea, partial paralysis, and cerebral edema."
Wired writes that the documents show a male monkey was euthanized in March 2020 after his cranial implant became loose," with the necropsy revealing the failure of this implant can be considered purely mechanical and not exacerbated by infection."
On Tuesday, Neuralink announced it's starting in-human...