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Elon Musk's Neuralink implanted a brain chip in its first human patient in January of 2024, and is recruiting others to participate in its first human trial.
  • Elon Musk's brain chip company Neuralink has begun implanting its devices in humans.
  • Neuralink's initial goals are to treat neurological conditions like paralysis and blindness.
  • But Musk has expressed a deeper ambition to use the implants to merge humans with AI.

Elon Musk's secretive and futuristic brain-chip company, Neuralink, has begun implanting its devices in human skulls — and like many of Musk's ventures, the new technology has been met with both fanfare and skepticism.