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Neuralink Has Put its First Chip in a Human Brain. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, implanted a device in a human for the first time. The company’s PRIME study, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year, is testing a brain implant for “people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts.” In the past few ...

Troy Oakes

Neuralink chip.

Red Planet Unleashed: Elon Musk’s Plans for Terraforming Mars

Elon Musk is thrilled about going to space and has big plans. He wants people to be able to stay on Mars and grow. The name for this process is “terraforming.”  Terraforming is like making Mars more like Earth so people would want to live there. Elon Musk wants people to love life on Mars. ...

Viena Abdon

Mars, the red planet.

Grok Is Elon Musk’s New Sassy, Foul-Mouthed AI. But Who Exactly Is It Made For?

On November 4, X owner Elon Musk unveiled his new AI chatbot Grok: a sarcastic ChatGPT alternative supposedly “modeled” after The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, one of Musk’s favorite books. Grok means “to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with.” Science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein first coined the term, which people in the ...

Troy Oakes

The Grok logo on a smartphone screen.

The FDA Finally Approved Elon Musk’s Neuralink Chip for Human Trials. Have All the Concerns Been Addressed?

Since its founding in 2016, Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink has had the ambitious mission of building a next-generation brain implant with at least 100 times more brain connections than devices currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The company has now reached a significant milestone, having received FDA approval to begin ...

Troy Oakes

Image of a circuit superimposed on an image of the brain.

3 Companies Leading the Way in Connecting Brains to Computers

Since it was founded in 2016, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink has had its moments in biotech news. Whether it was the time Musk promised his “link” would let people communicate telepathically, or when the whole company was under investigation for potentially violating the Animal Welfare Act, the hype around Neuralink means it’s ...

Troy Oakes

Image of brain and spots over network of connections.

What Does Elon Musk Read? Here’s A List of His Favorite Books

Ever wondered what Elon Musk, one of the most brilliant men on the planet, reads? Here’s a list of his favorite books. Elon Musk is arguably one of the most intelligent men on the planet, which makes it no surprise that he has a few favorite books. An excellent way to understand a person and ...

Mike West

Elon Musk.