Elon Musk says his new implant let a monkey play video games with its mind

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  • Elon Musk spoke on the new Clubhouse app on Monday and revealed some interesting things that his various companies are working on.
  • Musk says that his company Neuralink, which is working on building computer/brain interfaces, among other things, has successfully implanted a chip in the brain of a monkey.
  • That monkey, Musk claims, can now "play video games with his mind."

Whether you love him or hate him, you've really got to hand it to Elon Musk when it comes to having his hands in so many different forward-thinking initiatives. While he's best known for being the boss of both SpaceX and Tesla, Musk has founded other companies as well. One of those companies is Neuralink, which is based out of San Francisco and works on brain-computer interfaces.

He's famously said many things about the future of robotics as well as the idea that man and machine will eventually merge in one way or another. To that end, Neuralink has seemingly made some impressive advancements in its own efforts, though news from the company is pretty rare. This week, however, during a talk on the new social app Clubhouse, Musk pulled back the curtain a bit and revealed that the company is doing work on primates, and one of those primates can now play video games with its mind.

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Elon Musk says his new implant let a monkey play video games with its mind originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 16:58:11 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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